My Thanksgiving guest gave me an unusual plant; a "waterless" Amaryllis. The bulb is coated in a waxy substance, and it grows and blooms without the need for water or fertilizer. It is also quite attractive: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/11/24/amaryllis K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135 mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*

Am 24.11.22 um 15:35 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > My Thanksgiving guest gave me an unusual plant; a "waterless" Amaryllis. > The bulb is coated in a waxy substance, and it grows and blooms without the > need for water or fertilizer. It is also quite attractive: > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/11/24/amaryllis They're selling them all over the place over here, as well. Remains to be seen what will happen once it has consumed the water/nutrients in the bulb. Not for us, anyway, because they're highly poisonous for cats. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

Easy marketing. You really need to open the encapsulation & plant in a pot them if you want them to survive. We have some which have been flowering annually for years. Alan C On 24-Nov-22 04:53 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 24.11.22 um 15:35 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: >> My Thanksgiving guest gave me an unusual plant;  a "waterless" >> Amaryllis. >> The bulb is coated in a waxy substance, and it grows and blooms >> without the >> need for water or fertilizer.  It is also quite attractive: >> > They're selling them all over the place over here, as well. Remains to > be seen what will happen once it has consumed the water/nutrients in the > bulb. > > Not for us, anyway, because they're highly poisonous for cats. > > Ralf > >

Am 24.11.22 um 17:14 schrieb Alan C: > Easy marketing. You really need to open the encapsulation & plant in a > pot them if you want them to survive. We have some which have been > flowering annually for years. Could it be that the wax is just meant as some kind of transport packing? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

Indubitably! Alan C On 24-Nov-22 06:28 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 24.11.22 um 17:14 schrieb Alan C: >> Easy marketing. You really need to open the encapsulation & plant in a >> pot them if you want them to survive. We have some which have been >> flowering annually for years. > > Could it be that the wax is just meant as some kind of transport packing? > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher  -  Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog  : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.

The wax is not just transport packing. It is intended to hold in the moisture in the bulb until the flower blooms. If I want to try to make the flower bloom again next year, I will have to remove the wax, let the bulb dry out for a few months, and then place it in potting soil and water and fertilize it. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 11:28 AM Ralf R Radermacher <fotoralf@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 24.11.22 um 17:14 schrieb Alan C: > > Easy marketing. You really need to open the encapsulation & plant in a > > pot them if you want them to survive. We have some which have been > > flowering annually for years. > > Could it be that the wax is just meant as some kind of transport packing? > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.