Used in a sentence: "I'll be damned if that little old amaryllis that I thought was dead (many times over) didn't greet me when I returned from ye *new* olde homestead to ye *old* olde homestead tonight with this kind of a howdy-do ... and so I shall (re) name him Sey-zarus."
Some "genealogical horticultural" history ... when first purchased back in Chicago in the fall of 2013, he was named Seymour (yes ... from little shop of horrors). After providing four blooms at Thanksgiving, a second stalk rose from the ashes around Christmas of 2013, and he was named Seywick (yes ... from the secret garden). That resulted in six blooms, and then, as a surprise to me, a third stalk appeared after those six blooms died, and he was named Seyritchie (as in Lionel's once, twice, three times song).
Seyritchie was involved in the big move to Florida last February, but he died en route to the car from the Chicago winds. Thinking that was finally the end, I was shocked to see that, while down in Florida, a fourth stalk grew (named Seyshine) ... except it was knocked over in April the day the dishwasher arrived, and the bulb went silent ...
... until now ... when it has been revived from the dead. Hence ... Seyzarus ... and *just* in time for another domicile move. Based on what's happened, I'm going to be protecting this one verrrrry carefully!
THE STORY OF THIS AMARYLLIS AS SEEN IN FACEBOOK PHOTOS:
https://www.facebook.com/troy.neidermyer/media_set?set=a.10200367880079952.1073741833.1843633569&type=3
IN CASE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SEYZARUS REFERENCE:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2011
SO THIS THING COULD LIVE FOREVER!:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Amaryllis-to-Rebloom
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