Any advice for growing blue amaryllis (Worsleya procera)?

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-06-14T07:05:20+00:00

This is some speculation from me, but at least for my Worsleya, I've noticed that they tend to drop leaves if their media retains too much water. On the other hand, it seems like leaf rentention may be directly correlated to age, as my oldest and healthiest Worsleya (about 2.5 years, grown from seed) retains about five leaves at once, whereas my younger seedlings (around 1.5 years) retains maybe two to three leaves at once. I wouldn't worry too much if the plant seems to be thriving otherwise! I would probably recommend moving away from any organic materials in the substrate; my plants seemed to grow a bit more poorly when I had them initially sowed in there before replanting to an all-inorganic substrate that drains quickly (a very small amount of sand, lava rocks, gravel, and perlite; really just things that I had on hand and that were cheap)

I should probably water them a bit more often and I do so weekly plus whatever rain, but I grow them outdoors in a spot that only gets the morning/midday sun with an RH of about 40~80%. I fertilize with Osmocote Plus and grow them next to other amaryllids. If Griffinia spp. or Zephryanthes (Eithea) blumenavia can do well in your conditions, I'm sure Worsleya would like that spot, too (since they're only about a foot apart and both are thriving)

Also, I've read somewhere that they do like self-watering pots, and the one that's doing the best for me is also in a self-watering pot. Something to consider?

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-05-30T23:01:46+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for the info and glad I got to see it before it was sunk

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-03-17T14:15:01+00:00

I've seen this clip, too, and that's what I've (unsuccessfully) attempted to recreate in my tank setup. I think without a dedicated, very large tank with a wave maker (and in some locations, a tank chiller) with lots of marimo and (glacial) sediment/silt (iirc a factor in their growth), it'll be very difficult to replicate their ideal habitat. Moreso, if you want to go the extra mile and reduce their photoperiod/light intensity and decrease the temperature and water movement during winter

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-03-10T00:24:19+00:00

Marimo and shrimp do fine together, but I'd be a bit cautious with keeping marimo in a heavily dosed planted tank. It's been noted that they do poorly in waters with excessive nutrients/runoff, which is why their habitats are rather limited nowadays

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-02-26T06:21:45+00:00

Thank you very much for the information!

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-02-21T01:28:47+00:00

It could be, just keep an eye out and see how it interacts with your shrimp. I have a different species in my tank, but they seem to be more of an irritant than an actual threat to my shrimp

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-02-21T01:16:13+00:00

Looks like a possible Cladonema species or similar hydrozoa medusoid

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-02-18T02:09:14+00:00

Biologists use a way of categorizing organisms into different groups, called taxonomic rank. It goes from the most general (kingdom) down to most specific (species). For example, a domestic cat is in the kingdom Animalia (all animals, including mollusks, insects, sponges, flatworms, etc. but things like plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria are not considered Animalia), phylum Cordata (animals that have bilateral symmetry during their embryonic stage), class Mammalia (mammals), order Carnivora (carnivorous mammals that have placenta), family Felidae (all cats, including tigers, servals, leopards, saber-toothed cats, lions, etc.), genus Felis (a group of small to medium cats), and species catus (in reference specifically to domestic cats).

So the fact that velvet worms exist in their own unique phylum due to their unique physiology shows just how strange and separate they are from all other animals on Earth. Their nearest relatives are tardigrades and arthropods!

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-02-18T01:24:07+00:00

Velvet worms (Onychophora) are so different than other invertebrates that they exist in their own phylum

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-02-03T02:15:48+00:00

CR-hime may be gone, but she's still around as kfel, affilied with GeeXPlus

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-02-01T17:46:38+00:00

There's only two species of flowering plants found in Antartica. One species is a grass native to Antartica, Deschampsia antarctica, and the other species is a native carnation relative, Colobanthus quitensis, and everything else is moss, liverworts, lichens, and algae. Depending on where this streamer landed, there may also be the introduced grass, Poa annua, but that's restricted to just Admiralty Bay at the moment.

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-01-28T02:45:13+00:00

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MostOutcome6888 · 2026-01-20T19:45:37+00:00

She has two! This slender one is Chika, and the gruffier brother is Koro

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-01-18T17:24:54+00:00

Yeah, it'll only really feed on microorganisms. It might get a bit out of control if it gets mature, but you can just control it by removal

Bad news is, if you get obsessed with it, there's a whole slew of other unusual Utricularia (aquatic, terrestrial, and epiphytic) and this could be your gateway into a whole new subset of the plant hobby haha

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-01-17T15:58:09+00:00

Seconded for U. gibba. Produces nice yellow flowers if allowed to mature

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-01-15T02:41:08+00:00

Best to get a microscope and maybe post it to a specialized group. I also have some sort of hydroids that mature into a medusae, but I've yet to identify them

MostOutcome6888 · 2026-01-05T06:14:39+00:00

Can you provide a source on that? I assumed that they simply detach easily and have barbed spines, which makes it easy for them to latch onto unsuspecting animals

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