Amaryllis

For Christmas we got an Amaryllis bulb. We decided to plant it right away,

and see if the plant would proceed through the step they described on the box it came in. At first it took about and extra week to start really growing at all. Then is started growing like CRAZY.

The first time we measured January 15, 2017, it was 9 cm tall.

The next day it was 12 cm.  On the 17th is was 15cm, the 18th 21cm, the 19th  28cm, and on the 20th it was 37.5 cm tall

The next sunday January 22, 2017 it was 45 cm tall.

Soon we had to add a support to strengthen the stem and help us measure its growth. By January 25th it had grown to 62 cm in height.

By January 27, 2017 it reached 69 cm. This was almost twice the height that the packaging said it would grow.

After growing to 75 cm it finally started to bloom.

It has 4 blossom on the top that point in different directions.

I am amazed at this magnificent plant, and the beauty that it is.