Amaryllis Update

Day13(Saturday Jan. 17):

The plant is still alive, and the stem has not been picked yet. That is actually pretty good for us lately. It even survived a night out in the cold bucause everyone forgot to bring it in. Today the leaves measure 3 inches from the base of the bulb and the flower stem and bud are now measuring 15.5 inches from the base of the bulb. It is also beginning to bloom...we will soon get to see a flower. The kids have really enjoyed watching it. Basically it grew an inch every day and in the next week we will be able to watch the bloom unfold. Nathan has started drawing the progression of the bud as it blooms. I am not sure if he will continue, but so far he has done a good job.

Plant Project

For Christmas I was given an Amaryllis as a gift. When I opened the package there was a bulb that had already begun to grow. It was white because it had been growing inside a sealed container. Nathan and I started talking about it because it was peculiar and it is now a pet project on how plants grow, what they need to grow, and how long it will take to create a flower. We will try to keep up with it on the blog as well as the notebook.

Day 1(Sun. January4):

This is the first day out of the package. Nathan noticed it was white instead of green. and it was curled because of the tight packaging. He also measured the height of the leaves and the stem with the flower bud. The leaves were 2 inches tall and the stem measured about 4 inches.

Day 2(Mon. January 5):

Today the stem began to straighten out and there was more color present on both the leaves and the stem. It is a light yellowish green on the edges. The measurements were still the same for both the stem and the leaves.

Day 3(Tue. January 6):

This morning there was quite a noticeable difference in color from yesterday; it is actually becoming green. It is also a little straighter than yesterday. Unfortunately we did not measure the plant to see if it was the same height.

Day4(Wed. January 7):

Today the green is even brighter and the white color is almost completely gone. Measuring the stem and leaves today showed that it had also grown a bit. The stem is now 5 1/4 inches long and the Leaves are 2 1/4 inches tall.

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in the coming year.