PUSHING THE BORDERS

This year I had a good display of Amaryllis flowers, from one set of bulbs, seed pods developed and were ripening and I was expecting to get some brown papery seeds. However today I noticed the pods had split open and contained miniature bulbs, see below.

I have planted these and they are in the cold greenhouse.
Has anybody else seen these?

Those are true Amaryllis seeds. They don't stay viable for long, plant them now, keep them warm, and they will put a root out quite quickly, the first leaf takes a bit longer. 

The Black papery seed belong to the florists' Amaryllis, botanically Hippeastrum.  They are easy from seed too. 

Both of them take years to get to flowering size. 

Chad

Thank you Chad, must admit it's the first time I've actually had a seed pod develop.

I think ours set seed each year but for many years I didn't really notice as they look a bit misshapen/shriveled , but it is now obvious they have been doing it for years as we have them coming up all over the place! I have sown some to give to my son as he was admiring the clump in flower this years, but Chads " they take years to reach flowering size" means I will probably dig some bulbs for him!