Saturday, December 2, 2017

Amaryllis

Amaryllis
 
This Amaryllis is from the Kingwood Greenhouse in 2009.

A.K.A. Jersey lily, belladonna-lily, naked-lady-lily, March lily, this plant grows from a bulb.  It is native to Cape Provence in South Africa according to Wikipedia.  Also according to Wikipedia it is naturalized in  It is reportedly naturalized in many places: Corsica, Portugal, the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Zaire, Ascension Island, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Chile, California, Texas, Louisiana, and the Juan Fernández Islands.[6][7]

In this region, its growth  starts, I believe with the bloom.  When that dies away the leaves come up to replenish the bulb.  That process my be reversed, my memory is not what it used to be.

In the image above, the leaves seem to be present with the bloom.  The only explanation I have for that is that it has grown in the greenhouse.

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