'Red Lion' Amaryllis

It's still winter, but my plants keep doing too many interesting things for me to feel comfortable smushing it all in to a single post. And while sifting through the newest batch of pictures, I realized that, despite having posted a picture of "Red Lion" amaryllis flower buds, I never posted a photo of the full flower. And that would be a shame not to spotlight!


One flower stalk bloomed later than the other, but that only prolonged the beauty. The first stalk had three flowers, the second had four. I was told that they often have more than that. I plan on keeping this alive to find out!


A close-up of the flower.


The second flower stalk started leaning so drastically that it kept hitting me in the face when I forgot to duck. So I chopped it off. The leaves are coming along nicely. The second bulb (it was a pink/white flowering amaryllis that I gave little mention on here) is kind of dying. It had flowers, then it went away. I'm cool with that.


Heh... Okay, so I understand that it will takes years and years to get a flower from sexually propagating amaryllis and that I have no idea what type of flower might actually come... But I can't not try. These fruit are just so ripe with seed!