Exotic flower, native to Caribbean, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
Growing wild in West Indies and Argentina
It takes you six years to reach maturity and bloom
You are worth the wait
Hippeastrum is my proper Latin name
I am so spectacular I simply put others to shame
From a large bulb my green shoots will grow
I dwarf the other plants I love to be on show
With my elevated position I look down on other plants
They are tiny in comparison and look like little ants
When my tip emerges it contains my superior flower head
My blooms can live for three weeks yet other flowers are dead
I am the king of flowers I can produce three flower stem
My trumpets are enormous, people stand and gaze at them
I have no scent for you to smell when I am flowering
The intensity of my blooms would make it overpowering
Once I've finished blooming I deserve a two-month rest
Then I will re-flower for you and show the world I am the best!
05~04~15
My chosen flower - Amaryllis meaning pride
Contest:- Picture yourself as a flower – Andrea Dietrich
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