Can somebody tell me

[windygale]

hi all, why my amaryllis is starting to bud up,  ??? i thought they should flower around christmas time,
i've had the bulb for four years now as nornmal after flowering i place the bulb in the dark under the bench to dry out in a shed and then bring it out around october time, start watering and it flowers at christmas, but this year ::) ???

[windygale]

[Rosa_Mundi]

Amaryllis don't flower at Christmas naturally, but around about April-May. The longer you have a bulb, the closer it gets to its natural flowering time, although this normally means that they flower a bit later after Xmas every year. Yours seems to have taken a big step in one go.

[allaboutliverpool]

My daughter was given one at Xmas and it flowered as stated on th pack.

I have never had one before and put it in the greenhouse and watered it as it still had green leaves,thinking that I was building up the bulb.

It is now growing strongly and like yours will flower shortly.