{"id":8040,"date":"2021-02-15T12:32:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2021-02-21T21:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:33:00","slug":"gift-of-amaryllis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8040","title":{"rendered":"Gift of Amaryllis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Received an Amaryllis bulb for my birthday in November. Predicted the flower would open today, Valentine\u2019s Day. Wanted to use it for a Valentine greeting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/2021Valentine_Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"Valentine Greeting\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks a tad like a heart. If you squint a bit.<br \/>\nI embroidered the background for a piece. Didn\u2019t quite work. Maybe someday it will find a home.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday, Valentine\u2019s Evening<\/b><br \/>\nMoved to a warmer and safer location overnight.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/AmaryllisSundayNight_IMG_9938.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis Sunday Night\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday Early Morning<\/b><br \/>\nMoved the plant back to the warmest spot in the house.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/AmaryllisToday1_IMG_9956.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis Monday Morning\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can see the white Brugmansia flowers outside. The Brug is a Brazillian White that I grew from seed. We try to keep it to 6&#8242;, but currently is over 10&#8242;.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/AmaryllisWithBrug_IMG_9961.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis Monday Morning\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Monday Nearly Noon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Amaryllis_IMG_2669.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis Monday Noon\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/AmaryllisF1_IMG_2671.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis Monday Noon\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/AmaryllisF2_IMG_2670.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis Monday Noon\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/AmaryllisBuds_IMG_2674.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis Monday Noon\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday Afternoon, February 21<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The weight of the three flowers is too heavy for the potting mix and pot. To the right is a bamboo stake in a pot of heavy rocks. When the fourth flower blooms, probably tomorrow, the weight of the flowers should be distributed a bit better. May not need support.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Amaryllis_IMG_0083.jpg\" alt=\"Amaryllis\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is bamboo yarn inside a handkerchief to support the plant. The handkerchief should protect it from being cut or damaged by the yarn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Amaryllis_IMG_0081.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Used the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/instants-photo-edition\/id947399666\n\" >Instants Photo Editio\u202an\u202c app<\/a> to make the Valentine greeting.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Received an Amaryllis bulb for my birthday in November. Predicted the flower would open today, Valentine\u2019s Day. Wanted to use it for a Valentine greeting. Looks a tad like a heart. If you squint a bit. I embroidered the background for a piece. Didn\u2019t quite work. Maybe someday it will find a home. Sunday, Valentine\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8040\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gift of Amaryllis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,3,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plants","category-rituals-and-traditions","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8040"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8051,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040\/revisions\/8051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}