Amaryllis - Propagation with Bulbs

Posted under Blooming plants by ruola

 So it is spring now and it’s time to look around and check which of your plants needs a new pot or fresh soil. Spring is time for renovation! My eyes caught the view of young Amaryllis which appeared in my house about a year ago. I could see that some of its leaves are growing not from the main bulb itself but from somewhere underneath. There’s an opinion that Amaryllis won’t bloom if it has bulbils attached because otherwise they will take a big part of nutrients from soil. Probably that was the reason why it didn’t bloom during last year unlike the second amarallys in my house.

Having chosen the correct soil for my Amaryllis which should include humus, peat mould and sand i carefully took the plant out from the pot. Then i shook it carefully to remove the rest of the soil from the roots and could see that the bulb has 3 bulbils. All of the bulbils has its own leaves — from one to three and its own roots. So they were independant enough to leave its parent bulb. I decided to put all the bulbs in one pot because they are very small yet — about ½ in (1cm) in diameter and thus they will look more decorative.

As for the parent bulb i removed the top dry layer and old rotten roots, refreshed it soil and put it back into the pot.

During a year young bulbs will grow the half of the size of its parent bulb. And in 2-3 years time they will delight my eyes with first flowers.