Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is often seen as a mysterious flowering plant. It blooms beautifully when you buy it, and then produces nothing but long, pretty, strap-like leaves. In tropical climates, amaryllis can rebloom year after year if you understand its growth cycle. In this article, I explain how amaryllis bulbs grow, store energy, and bloom, and how you can reliably trigger flowering. What Is Inside an Amaryllis Bulb? Source:  https://propg.ifas.ufl.edu/07-geophytes/01-bulbs/01-geophytes-basalplate.html An amaryllis bulb is a complete

If you grow orchids in a tropical garden, you might have noticed a pattern. Many of them, from dendrobiums to vandas and phalaenopsis, bloom in shades of purple. Four years ago, I brought home a Phalaenopsis orchid without knowing much about orchids. I kept it in a shaded part of my garden, exposed to rain, and it has rebloomed faithfully every year. It even rebloomed from the same flower spikes. The colour of its flowers

Decorating with plants adds life, softness, and a sense of calm to a space, whether it’s your home, office, or church. But if you’ve ever tried to recreate the beautiful plant-filled interiors you see in magazines or online and failed, you’re not alone. For many years, I tried and failed to decorate my home with plants. It wasn’t until I began to understand how much light plants needed (and how little my living room had)