Amaryllis is it too late now

You're right about leaving the leaves on till they are yellow and absorbed back into the bulb. Please don't throw it onto the compost heap. I take the dead leaves off mine, then put them in a darkened room and water them very sparingly till they decide to put a leaf or a flower bud out after a few months.
Then I put them in new compost, bring them out of the dark and start watering again, then see how the flower stalk shoots up, it's almost an inch per day
My dad bought me one of those giant amaryllis bulbs over 20 years ago and it's still going strong, she's had many daughters in that time, I've kept some and given lots away, she's my link to my dear dad, no longer here

This thread is so timely for me. I was gifted an amaryllis plant at Christmas and I'd love to keep it going. I've cut off the stalk but the leaves are still huge and mainly green, despite me not watering for some time.

I had one in December and left the leaves to yellow and die down. A few days after removing the last leaf, last week, new ones are now appearing, so I’m going to keep it going and hope for a flower stalk at some point. I’ve watered it sparingly but not given it any feed. One of the leaves has just flopped so I will stake it.

I have several, mostly bulbs that have grown alongside the originals and been separated. They're in a place where I tend to forget them so they don't get watered regularly. However, when I do remember, they all grow leaves and some grow flowers, all of which then die back until the next time.

Hi thank you everyone, this is how they are looking now despite no water for months ! @Sassenach512 that’s so lovely that you still have a link to your dad’s gift

In the past I have mistreated amaryllis bulbs by chucking them in the veg patch. Then just treated them as I would do new bulbs in November. Lovely blooms just happened

We had one that kept blooming for 3 years. It put on a bit of a sad show last year, but it is sitting in a basement window and may shoot up again in the fall.

Often you can get them on sale after Christmas and New Year, and they bring joy in the dark months.

I have one in bloom at the moment in the conservatory on the window ledge tbh I just ignore them once they have flowered at xmas time just water them when I remember.

FlexibleFriend

I have one in bloom at the moment in the conservatory on the window ledge tbh I just ignore them once they have flowered at xmas time just water them when I remember.

That's what I tend to do, FF and they keep coming back. Though I suspect they'd all be better for a feed at some point.