Amaryllis Bulb Propagation 

Thank you Peggy, Bulbs naturally want to grow pups. Sounds like yours are doing great.

Hi Peggy, fo you grow your hippeastrum entirely indoors and manage to make them bloom?

@@MrDudaro I think her potted amaryllis are outdoors. If given a lot of bright light, good potting soil, and proper watering, they could be grown entirely indoors. They would do better outdoors over the summer. They will still need to go through a dry dormancy period for a few months before they would bloom. They need to mimic the dry mountain environment they naturally grow in.

Thank you

Thank you.

I use a closet that is in a cool room and I use a shelf in an attached garage. The temperature can drop down into the 40s and 50s F but should not get colder than that. If left in a warm room they may sprout early and you won't even know they are growing. I leave some in pots and I take some out of the pots. That doesn't seem to matter. I do put the ones out of a pot into a paper bag.

So if I live in the southern half of Florida I should probably keep it inside in the air condition? I don’t have a “cold” room

They don't have to be cold but cool is better than warm. Even though they are dormant, they are respiring. If left in a warm place they will shrivel up and dry out.@@chantalchung9928

Hi Vickie, They can stay dormant for a long time but since they are alive, they are consuming carbohydrates and nutrients all the time. As time passes they will consume anything they can to stay alive so the flower bud will die and then leaf after leaf will die until the bulb is dead. If the bulb is strong and healthy going into dormancy it will easily last 3-4 months with no problems. If kept very cool they will last longer. Six months is a long time so only strong bulbs in good conditions will bloom and be healthy at the end.

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