Blood flowers belong to the amaryllis family that sprout from bulbs. This decorative ornamental plant can be propagated in two ways - either by separating the bulbs or by seed. How to propagate a blood flower.
Blood flowers are best propagated by division or seed
Propagate Bloodflower by dividing or seeding
Smaller spawning bulbs sprout from the bulbs of a blood flower. You can separate these and multiply the ornamental plant. Sharing a Blood Flower must not be done too frequently. The blood flower can be propagated again after three years at the earliest.
Blood flowers can also be grown from seeds. Seeds develop from the flowers, which bloom in spring. Breeding from seeds is tedious, so propagation is usually done by dividing the bulbs.
The blood flower is divided when repotting in spring. The pea-sized seeds are also sown in early spring.
How to share a blood flower
- Remove the blood flower from the pot
- Carefully cut off the onions with a knife
- put in small pots with fresh substrate
- set up bright and warm
The pots for the new blood flowers should not be too large. Fill them with compost-based potting soil and carefully plant the bulbs.
Do not cover the onion tops with soil. Keep the substrate evenly moist but not too wet.
Place the pots in as bright and warm a location as possible. The young plants do not tolerate direct sun.
Sow blood flowers
- Prepare seed pot
- Do not sow seeds too densely
- cover thinly with soil
- Keep substrate moist but not wet
- if necessary, cover with foil
- set up bright and warm
- do not prick after germination
Although the seeds germinate quite quickly, it takes a long time for a flowering blood flower to develop from them. Make sure the plants are kept at at least 20 degrees until autumn.
Occasionally the young blood flowers take a break from growing. This is normal. After the break, the plant grows faster again.
tips
From autumn onwards, the blood flower needs a break. It then has to be kept a little cooler and watered less. If it is not overwintered cool enough, it will not bloom in spring.