{"id":2335,"date":"2008-03-12T00:55:18","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T06:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/gardenlog\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2016-12-03T01:12:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T01:12:27","slug":"hippeastrum-papilio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/plant-highlights\/hippeastrum-papilio\/","title":{"rendered":"Hippeastrum papilio, butterfly amaryllis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The butterfly amaryllis is quite striking. I would say that it has been worth the wait, except…more than seven years! I’d love it just as much if it bloomed every year. Really, dear, I would.<\/p>\n

\"amaryllis<\/p>\n

A native of Brazil, my butterfly amaryllis has never gone dormant, although it looks a bit ratty after a long, hot Austin summer. I’ve heard some advice that Austinites can plant them in the ground as we do our more hardy Hippeastrums, the St. Joseph’s lilies<\/a>. I don’t think I’ll bet against the Texas weather.<\/p>\n

Garden History<\/h3>\n

2000-11-05.
\nAt Gardens buy the amaryllis that I first saw and liked in the Garden.com catalog. [2011-01-24. Maybe I actually got this from Dutch Gardens. I find a label for one with this description. Or maybe Gardens was carrying bulbs from Dutch Gardens.]<\/p>\n

\n“Brightly striped maroon and ivory petals with a chartreuse background.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2000-11-09.
\nPot it, after soaking the bulb in sea weed mix.<\/p>\n

2000-12-10.
\nFirst flower opens completely.<\/p>\n

2000-12-17.
\nLast day of bloom.<\/p>\n

2006-09-06.
\nDivide the butterfly amaryllis into two pots. It was incredibly pot bound. I’ve heard that they prefer to be pot bound, but I don’t think they mean like this. I had to rip out a lot of roots to separate them.
\n\"amaryllis
2006-09-06. The butterfly amaryllis and three daughters sit on top of the pot they were in.<\/i><\/p>\n

2008-03-12.
\nFirst flower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"amaryllis
2008-03-12. My butterfly amaryllis finally rebloomed. It’s been a long, long wait.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[37,92,237,361,362],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5033,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions\/5033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}