When spring comes Cape Province in South Africa in September, covers the lifeless desert with the lush green carpet for the short period of time. There is the homeland of the Amaryllis belladonna - very nice and large flowers.
The majority of the flowers from this region are perennials. They grow and bloom for two months. This thriving area is lifeless desert again as the summer comes. Only bulbs can live in these conditions! Stem and leaves will die, all the roots dry, but there is life in a lamp!
Amaryllis can be propagated by seeds, but you can wait for a long period of time before you see flowers. Amaryllis will usually bloom in 6-8 years, if this method of reproduction.
Using globes and silk - is the most bulbs - known and widely - used method of Amaryllis reproduction.
Side - lamps have to be separated from parent lamp only after aboveground part of the plant from drying out. And you do not dead and dried leaves to cut, because all organic nutrients from them will pass into the sphere.
Gardening bulbs should be in an open ground in June-July. Dormant period will end at that time usually. Depth for planting should be kept around 20 to 30 inches and the spacing between the bulbs should be about 30 centimeters.
Before planting, make light soil, add fertilizer to it. The bottom should be well disposed of.
Plants of the newly planted bulbs and side - bulbs bloom in 3 to 4 years.
Amaryllis requires abundant watering during the hot summer months.
If you live in the area where frost may be - you need to protect the bulbs by covering them by adding mulch, peat or other suitable material.
Amaryllis is a plant which does not require many transplant. Some sources suggest we do this in 4 to 5 years.
Each bulb produces one or two flower-bearing steal. Each of them height of 30-60 cm. Flower-bearing stems are rather than leaves. Each flower-bearing inflorescence trunk that needs 2 to 12 funnel - shaped flowers. Flowers can have different hue. It can vary from white to pink. You can see, even red and violet colors. Flowers are 6 to 10 inches in diameter and consists of 6 petals.
Sometimes your Amaryllis can be attacked by the bacteria that has name Botrytis cinerea. In this case you will see gray spots and gray velvety bloom on the leaves. Of course you can get rid of this disease with special fungicides, but it's easier to destroy infected specimens.
It is strongly recommended to follow the same procedure, if the same problem with the lamps. In this case it is easier to destroy infected bulbs than to try to treat them with chemicals.
Aphids can lead to deformation and yellowing of the plant. In that case you can make use of chemicals from your local shop to get rid of them.
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