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Normal time April, wonder what triggered the scape?
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Arif sb. maybe your love towards the plant triggered the scape...
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Sir, i have read that after every seventh or eighth leaf there is a scape bud in hippeastrum...
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Izhar wrote:Sir, i have read that after every seventh or eighth leaf there is a scape bud in hippeastrum...
And it stays dormant until triggered to bloom. Winter chill is the normal trigger.
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Another along with its cousin

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