Day 10 focuses on not one plant, but a bunch of them, an entire nuclear family, in fact. Here is the pot I photographed this morning:

This is a pot of a couple of dozen seedlings taken from pods of the Hippeastrum hybrid that I’ve had for maybe ten years. Of all the Hippeastrum bulbs I’ve had over the years, this is by far the most robust. It blooms well and offsets readily, and also sets myriad seed.

Here are the flowers:

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For 2020, the baby bulbs will get potted individually and the older parent bulbs will get top dressed with a rich mix of new soil and organic fertilizer.