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Ameryllis with no stalk but many buds

k_a_moek_a_moe Posts: 5
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What would cause my ameryllis to have buds just above the bulb top?

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  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    The bud appears first and you should soon see the stalk as it grows.
    SW Scotland
  • k_a_moek_a_moe Posts: 5
    edited March 2018
  • k_a_moek_a_moe Posts: 5
    edited March 2018
    It has no stalk!  I don't know why.
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    The pic shows exactly what you mean. I didn't realise that the buds were so well developed. It would be interesting to see a pic once they open. 
    SW Scotland
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,049
    I think that something has happened to the bulb, possibly a sudden change of temperature perhaps, to trigger the flower to open without the stalk developing first ... ain't Nature amazing!  :o:D

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • k_a_moek_a_moe Posts: 5
    It was a Wal-Mart left over. $1 I couldn't pass up! It had just a tiny green when I bought it. The leaves and the beginning of a bus came out. Just no stalk. There is the potential of another one on the backside of this one.  I will post a picture when it is fully open.
  • k_a_moek_a_moe Posts: 5
    It has opened. Still not sure what is going to come out of the other side. It does look more like another bud than more leaves.
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