Starting the 2nd week of December, I potted 2 or 3 Amaryllis bulbs a week until they were all planted. I need some color in the winter! I have 13 big bulbs (including one the Farmer gave me for Christmas) and a pot with some little bulbs that broke off the big bulbs. 
The first one is finally blooming! Isn’t she beautiful?
There are several other tall Amaryllis’ that will be opening soon. The the rest are short flower buds and a few are just starting to send up shoots. I don’t know what the colors will be until they bloom. I know I have at least 1 white bulb, several reds and a couple of apple blossom bulbs. Each one is very pretty and I can’t pick a favorite color.
I hope I will have continuous flowers for several months this winter.
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Beautiful! Have you been collecting bulbs for a while?
my flower finally opened this week too and I got it right after Xmas – do you do anything special to keep the bulb to replant next year in time for Xmas?
They are beautiful!
I had some Amaryllis but several years ago I purchased quite a few Amaryllis bulbs at Lowe’s at an after Christmas sale when they were really marked down. I don’t know how many years I’ve had these bulbs.
After the bulbs have finished blooming, I keep them going until the chance of frost has passed, then I plant them outside in my flower bed. I trim half the green leaves off so they aren’t so long. They are flimsy from being inside and the new leaves will be stronger and able to handle outside wind. I water them in good and then mulch them with straw. Water them once a week until the roots are established.
I leave them outside until there is a forecast of frost in the fall. I pull them up, wash off the soil and place them in the garage on a cloth to dry down. I don’t cut the leaves off at this time. They normally rest there for 6 weeks or so. By this time the leaves have pretty well dried up. I clip them off and trim the roots and place them in a basket in the cellar until it is time to plant them again.
This process have worked for me and I hope it works for you too.
I’ve have been doing this for many years and it seems to work for me.