Indoors
Amaryllis
Hippeastrum
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The amaryllis sold as a bulb for winter is a hippeastrum from South America. A thick stalk with several huge flowers grows from the big bulb, and it flowers within weeks of planting. The bulb is toxic to cats and dogs, more than the flowers.
Amaryllis and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- lycorine (most in the bulb): vomiting, drooling, diarrhea, abdominal pain, depression, loss of appetite, tremors
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 5 days in summer (April to September), every 10 in winter
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 15–25 °C
- Feeding
- February to August, every 2 weeks
- Repotting
- every 3 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
After flowering keep the leaves and feed until the end of summer; in autumn dry and cool for 8–10 weeks, then water again and it flowers in 6–8 weeks.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.