
© irene waters 2017

© irene waters 2017

© irene waters 2017

© irene waters 2017

© irene waters 2017
Does anyone know what these are? When I saw the bulbs starting to leaf and flower stalks coming I thought clivea but these are not clivea. Some type of lilly perhaps. I’d love to know.
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About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
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It is a beautiful colour.
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We call this flower Amaryllis and people buy them in the winter and have them indoor, otherwise they don’t survive. This one is beautiful, Irene 🙂
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Thank you Irene. I have heard of Amaryllis but didn’t know what they looked like. I had thought before the flower spike that they were going to be clivea but then the flowers opened and I knew it wasn’t. We are lucky – this one is in the garden, planted by the previous owner and obviously very happy. You don’t know when I should cut the leaves back – I can look it up, just being lazy.
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The flower is from a huge bulb and after the flowers are ended, it needs time to suck the energy from the flowers inside. Then it will hang and you can cut it.
We call it also The 4 World Corners, because they use to get 4 flowers, unless they have been manipulated. Then they can have from 3 to 6 flowers. Enjoy the beauty.
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Thanks Irene. The first flower stem has fallen and did have 4 flowers on it. I have three more about to open. I am definitely enjoying the beauty.
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These amaryllis are really beautiful. My Mom also grows them.
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I agree. Now I know what they are I’ll look up and see what care I am supposed to give them. They are in the garden so I think possibly as little care as possible is the way to go.
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I don’t know but people say it is amaryllis. This colour is beautiful. Nice shots, very nice.
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Thank you Paula. This was planted by the previous owner so it was a real delight to see such unexpected beauty open up. I will now look up amaryllis. Cheers.
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Love the way you pull your camera in and out allowing us to focus on different aspects of the flower. You do this very well with other flowers and trees.
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Thanks Sharon. I love the detail but I also love the whole.
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