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Oh, man, I LOVE the exuberance of amaryllis bulbs! I bought this one at Home Depot, and when I opened the box, the bulb had eight inches of weird sideways growth in a startling shade of white....poor thing! A day or two in my east window and it was straight and green...and a week later, it was showing color. ( And I think I've done something good just by taking it out of the box).