Amaryllis Flowering Time-Lapse | Random Video Thursday's

Taken over the course of 4.5 months (3 months for leaves, 1.5 months for flower). The bulb was given to me after it had been kept in a refrigerator for a many months. It was still alive and dormant, but was barely hanging on to life. Normally they will flower immediately after they are removed from the cold, but this one had no energy to produce a flower. So for the first 3 months it grew leaves to absorb energy to create a flower within the bulb. After it stopped growing leaves I watched the bulb expand in the dirt and knew it would never flower for this seasonal cycle. So I stopped watering it and let the soil become bone dry for about a month and then cut off the leaves and placed it in a paper bag. The bag was then placed in the garage which is kept at 55F degrees through winter.

After about 10 weeks I brought it back inside and soaked it well in water. In less than a week it was growing new leaves along with 2 flower pods. I did not water it at all during flower to prevent bulb rot. The flowers grow very fast and the soil hardly has much time to dry out by the time the flowers open. Standing water is stored in the hollow flower stems as they grow too. Once they are done flowering the process of cold dry storage must be repeated to simulate their natural environment so they can flower again (Rinse and repeat).

Just FYI I grew this under a Yearld grow light which will be seen in an upcoming video.

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[iloveplantsfrfrnocap]

Recently subscribed, the description is a literal growing guide for amarylis. Thats when i know i struck a gold channel. Great work!

[firecloud]

Very cool. Amazing how much it grows at night.

[CarolBlair-nidf]

I received an amaryllis’s bulb from a friend. It looked dried up. To my surprise it grew into a beautiful blooming wonder!

[HydroHavenGrow]

I like it indeed. Scores a blue thumbs up.

[DarkHelixia]

We stored our bulb in the lower drawer of the fridge but the au-pair thought it was an onion and cut it up for a bolognese. It's only when the kids kept mentioning that the pasta tasted a bit flowery did we realise what had happened. We planted the onion instead, but the flower isn't the same as an amaryllis despite the bulbs looking identical 😢

[ratc]

Hi, very nice work with the timelapse. I would like to ask, what was the interval used to get this result? I have to do a timelapse of a vineyard, for about six months. Thanks in advance, best regards.

[jackfatal]

Hi Ryan Connnor! I would like to ask you for a tip. Could you please tell me if you know, how to shooting timelapse footage with artificial lights without video flickering? what are the best lamps or lights or tricks to avoid DC lamps flickering? Many thanks!

[vjsgarden]

I have shaded area.. will they grow in them? I live in a tropical country, so after the blooms are over.. can I repot them into a shaded ground area until next flowering?

[jackfatal]

Hi Ryan Connnor, honestly speaking, was it worth it to include Brinno in your video? Did it help this video to have many views and subscribers? Because I am doing a time-lapse project with Brinno camera.

[GOATMENTATOR]

how can I contact you? I have one problem with bamboo leaves and I think you could know what deficiency it can be

[mayanindanin]

Es solo Jehova Dios quien las hace crecer!