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Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring
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by Marcia Mayne

I love amaryllis and bought several bulbs two Christmases ago. After they bloomed, I left them on the window sill, watering them occasionally.

Several days ago, I noticed something reddish-brown against the blinds. I was shocked to see that a bud was beginning to peek through. The plant hadn’t bloomed in more than a year.

Excitedly, I grabbed my camera and began documenting each day’s progress. Here’s day #4

Amaryllis

As far as I know, amaryllis shouldn’t be blooming now, so I decided to check. According to Wikipedia, this is probably not an amaryllis at all but rather a hippeastrum, a flowering bulb that is able to bloom indoors.

But since it is blooming now, I taking it as a sure sign of Spring.

Posted inNature, Postaday2011, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged Amaryllis, Flower, flowering plants, Hippeastrum, Photography, postaday2011, weekly photo challenge

5 Comments on "Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring"

  1. Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring « Flickr Comments says:
    March 20, 2011 at 9:27 am

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  2. Angela says:
    March 20, 2011 at 2:40 am

    Marcia I love them..gone to bed ..u know what i mean. Everytime i see them when i travel i am tempted to hide a bulb and bring home. They are just sooooo beautiful!

    1. InsideJourneys says:
      March 20, 2011 at 7:17 am

      Aren’t they? And they’d probably do well in Jamaica.

  3. polly says:
    March 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    This is so beautiful

    1. InsideJourneys says:
      March 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm

      Thanks, Polly!
      And thanks for stopping by.

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