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Please explain this beautiful Christmas gift.


We received this plant with a wax ball base.
We've really enjoyed the incredible growth and eventual bloom.
Do we chop off the flower near the base?
Will it continue to grow?
Watering?
Should we plant it or is this a magical wax ball?

Apologetic for my ignorance, I'm horticulturally challenged.

by Reyes307

7 Comments

  3. Chonays

    So I actually have gifted a few of these. My elderly father does not have a single speck of green to his thumb but he does enjoy pretty flowers and watching things grow. I bought him one so he could enjoy it and not have to worry about watering or care. My husbands elderly grandfather has one of the greenest thumbs around. I bought him one too, because we thought he might enjoy the challenge of trying to get it to come back the following year. After it bloomed last year and the flowers had fell off and the greenery was starting to die he peeled all the wax off the bulb and put it in a pot and left it be. This year at Christmas he was so excited to show me that it had started shooting up again! This year it’s in a pot in dirt so he will have to water it and care for it. 

    I bought my dad another this year since he enjoyed it so much. Once it’s all done he is going to give me the bulb so that I can see if it will bloom the following year. I figure it will be like a fun science experiment and if it doesn’t come back that’s ok- it will be fun to try. 

  4. istoomycat

    Not a ball. It’s a wax covered bulb. Let it keep growing levees to feed the bulb for growth next year. Go online for planting instructions. I think this color is Apple blossom. So pretty.

  6. Impossible_Wear7573

    I have six of these. From different Christmas years. I removed the wax. Potted in soil with 2 inches of space around the bulb. When it gets warm I bring plant outside. In the fall I bring inside. Stop watering and as the leaves die back remove. Rest for 3 months in a cool dark place and it begins to bloom again. I give it bright indirect sunlight and no water until the flower stalk is about a foot high.

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