Christmas waxed Hippeastrum

John Ignacio gianinatio@yahoo.com
Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:50:12 PST
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> 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
> 
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> 
> 
> 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. 
> 
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