The flower stalk is almost taller than the ruler which means that in the last week the amaryllis has grown 18cm.  I suspect there will be another week of growth before the flower bursts open.  The photos also show increasing daylight outside (all taken at the end of the working day) although the flash on the plant makes the background look darker than it really is.

The amaryllis is really gaining momentum now and this is clearly a flower bud – hooray! I was afraid that it might come up blind as I didn’t repot the bulb last year but it’s forgiven me and is going to flower anyway.

This is the amaryllis (or hippeastrum as my mother tells me) in its second week.  It is making progress but slowly at the moment.  This one lives in my office; I have another at home which seems to have decided not to flower this year.  The home amaryllis has huge and floppy leaves but no sign of a flower bud.

This is a series of photographs that I have wanted to take for some time. The amaryllis is now in its fourth year and I am fascinated by the speed with which it grows from nothing to a magnificent, towering flower. Today, the first shoot is just peeking above the bulb.