A Way To Amaryllis

For the first time since I bought it for pennies in a Lidl clearance sale in 2006, the amaryllis didn't flower this spring.   

Possibly because it was pot-bound, but also perhaps because it has grown a bulbule.   

It hasn't been repotted in years, or watered in months as I've been waiting for the leaves to die back before repotting, but they keep going.   

Anyway last Saturday I took the pot down to the pottiserie, took out and separated the bulbs, taking off a lot of old dry bits and bits of roots and shaking off a lot of exhausted compost.  

The mother bulb is back in her big terracotta pot with a mix of fresh and old compost.  

The baby in a 4inch terracotta pot inside a planter with new compost.  

Both have been well watered and I shall drought them again in December to see what happens in the New Year.   

One of four things will happen: they will both thrive; mother bulb with thrive and baby die; or the other way around; or they'll both perish.   

Watch this space.

See also https://bentonbag.blogspot.com/2023/03/blooming-bargain.html