It is a plant, more specifically a flowering plant that grows from a bulb, customarily bursting forth with blooms inside our homes during the winter months.
These beauties are often given and received as gifts.
This Putnamaniac is a very lucky Amaryllis recipient for two years in a row!
My neighbors delivered my first Amaryllis package last year, and I was amazed to take a big bulb, plant it in the soil mixture (which was created from a little soil tablet that when mixed with water transforms right before your eyes.), and then watch it grow to almost two feet tall, with sparkling gigantic red blooms perches atop!
Since these neighbors are of the most thoughtful nature, they got me another Amaryllis package this year! WOW!!! I was so surprised, delighted and excited! I quickly settled this year's beauty into the soil mixture and enjoyed the adventure of nature.
This year's Amaryllis grew so fast and it is so robust!
Take a look! What do you think??
I put my pink ruler here (above pic) so you can see how tall it is!
The name Amaryllis is taken from a shepherdess in Virgil's pastoral Eclogues, from the Latin amarysso, meaning "to sparkle".
The name Amaryllis in the Putnamaniac's dictionary means: Surround yourself with wonderful neighbors and friends that are sparkling with kind hearts, embrace & appreciate them, and return the same sparkling and kind nature to them all.
I am a Putnamaniac because I am very lucky to be surrounded by people with sparkling and kind natures!
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