http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2808938/… Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 3, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Dell Sherk <ds429@frontier.com> wrote: > > Well, Joyce, > > You are very brave! Buying something like that, which is coated in wax, sounds unnatural – like buying a mummy (I think they are more expensive.) But you say it bloomed. What will the commercial horticulturalists think up next? (Well the phalaenopsis colors that I see in the supermarket are pretty unnatural too.) I buy rutabagas that are coated in wax, but they never bloom. > > Happy New Year, > Dell > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > From: Joyce Miller > Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 3:16 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: [pbs] Christmas waxed Hippeastrum > > > Hi Gang, > > This Christmas I purchased a Hippeastrum (aka Amaryllis) for my Sister. It > was unusual because it had been waxed with instructions not to plant and not > to water. In due time, it bloomed. I bought it out of insatiable > curtiosity (with apologies to Kipling's tale of "How the Elephant Got His > Trunk." As soon as it goes out of bloom, I plan to remove the wax coating, > pot it and keep it in the house during the winter. My guess is the roots > were shaved closely to the bulb plate. If so, the bulb might survive. It > the plate was damaged not so good. > > Has anyone had experience with this wax treatment? > > Best wishes and Happy New Year to All > > Joyce Miller, Gresham, OR where it has been bitterly cold with a nasty wind > chill factor to boot. At present it is snowing but barely sticking. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/