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Posted By: Francine amarylis. - February 15th, 2007 at 04:40 AM
hello everybody,

i ve got a beautifull amarylis in my living room (why do you call it a living room...don t you live in every room of the house..lol )

it had 4 beautiful flowers, they died ,as expected they don t live for ever, and now i ve got this tall cane with no flower and about 7 or 8 tall beautiful leaves around it...should i leave the cane or cut it...

thank you

Franny.
Posted By: margaret e. pell Re: amarylis. - February 15th, 2007 at 01:51 PM
I always cut mine. If it's not setting seed, it will just die slowly on its own, anyway. The flower stalk holds a lot of water and will drip after you cut it.
Posted By: Francine Re: amarylis. - February 16th, 2007 at 02:46 PM
thank you , i will do that.

have a good day !

Franny.
Posted By: TomR Re: amarylis. - February 17th, 2007 at 02:44 PM
Yup, cut off the flower stalk and keep those leaves going! Don't forget to feed it as well.

Tom
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