Amaryllis and yellow leaves - October 16th, 2006 at 04:55 AM
Hello
I was given a amaryllis plant that was planted in a pot earlier this year in the summer sometime. When I received it the leaves were green and healthy looking, the plant was nearly 2 feet tall. It has the leaves coming out of the main bulb, plus 2 shoots of groups of leaves coming up out of the dirt at either side of the bulb. The plant has not flowered its first time yet since it was just planted in summer. I don't intend to force the plant to flower this winter, I plant to keep it as a year round plant and let it flower when it normally would, which I understood would be spring.
The leaves are starting to yellow now. Its not all the leaves, but a few of them. A couple of them died all the way back and I removed them. A few more are slowly yellowing. Since the plant hasn't flowered yet, is this normal? I don't know if something is wrong that I need to adjust or if this is what to expect since I've never owned an amaryllis before. I have moved the plant closer to a west facing window than I originally had it. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
I was given a amaryllis plant that was planted in a pot earlier this year in the summer sometime. When I received it the leaves were green and healthy looking, the plant was nearly 2 feet tall. It has the leaves coming out of the main bulb, plus 2 shoots of groups of leaves coming up out of the dirt at either side of the bulb. The plant has not flowered its first time yet since it was just planted in summer. I don't intend to force the plant to flower this winter, I plant to keep it as a year round plant and let it flower when it normally would, which I understood would be spring.
The leaves are starting to yellow now. Its not all the leaves, but a few of them. A couple of them died all the way back and I removed them. A few more are slowly yellowing. Since the plant hasn't flowered yet, is this normal? I don't know if something is wrong that I need to adjust or if this is what to expect since I've never owned an amaryllis before. I have moved the plant closer to a west facing window than I originally had it. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.