Amaryllis
Hippeastrum spp.
Flowering Plants Difficulty: Easy
📖 About this plant
A spectacular bulbous plant that produces enormous trumpet-shaped flowers atop tall, sturdy stems. Each bulb can yield 2-4 massive blooms up to 20 cm across in vivid red, white, pink, or striped combinations. A winter holiday favorite, the dramatic flowers emerge before the strap-like green leaves fully develop.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Bright indirect (4-6 hrs)
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Water
Every 1-2 weeks
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Humidity
Moderate (40-60%)
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Temperature
18-25°C
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Soil
Well-draining potting mix with loam, peat, and perlite; bulb should sit with upper third exposed
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Fertilizer
Balanced liquid fertilizer (10-10-10) every 2-3 weeks after new growth appears, stop when leaves yellow
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- South America — Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and southern Africa
- 📏 Max height
- 45-60 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 30-45 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Winter - Spring
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Red, White, Pink
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — contains lycorine and other phenanthridine alkaloids; causes vomiting, drooling, and abdominal pain
- 🌱 Propagation
- Offset bulb separation (remove and pot daughter bulbs), or seed sowing (flowers in 3-5 years)
🛡️ Health & Safety
⚠️ Not pet safe
☠️ Toxic
Toxic to cats and dogs — contains lycorine and other phenanthridine alkaloids; causes vomiting, drooling, and abdominal pain
Common issues
- Red blotch disease on bulbs, Failure to rebloom, Bulb rot from overwatering
💡 Care tips
- Produces spectacular large trumpet-shaped flowers,Bulbs can be forced to bloom for the holidays,After flowering cut the stalk but keep leaves growing,Requires a dormant period of 8-10 weeks for reblooming
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