![Sunlight](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-bg7DQDh/0/c404371a/M/DLA110873-M.jpg)
I tried my hand at pollinating my white picotee amaryllis again this year.
![pollen](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-BTqVn7V/0/2dede470/M/DLA1170767-M.jpg)
![Trying to Get My White Picotee Amaryllis Pregnant...](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-5rn2Wsr/0/df4fcdb5/M/DLA1170775-M.jpg)
We thought we were going to have twins!
![Big Baby](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/My-Garden-Threepeat/i-8LhTVHJ/0/0173d9ea/M/DLA1170970-M.jpg)
![Little Baby](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/My-Garden-Threepeat/i-FDRrxZx/0/cf007f0f/M/DLA1170971-M.jpg)
![Aw, shucks.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/My-Garden-Threepeat/i-L8JrdQf/0/b2673cef/M/DLA1170974-M.jpg)
Alas, one half of the plant withered and died, just as all the red amaryllis blossoms had done a couple of months ago.
![Well, no twins.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/My-Garden-Threepeat/i-8cj69Ph/0/c19099a2/M/DLA1170975-M.jpg)
I'd planted 24 from last year's haul of about 200 seeds. None sprouted. I kept the rest of the seeds in the fridge, then planted 20 more earlier this year. None came up. I'd learned after planting them I should have done so right after they dried last year.
I sorted through the remainder, planted the four with lumps in the center (designating a viable seed) and discarded the rest. Seed pods had begun forming again on the white picotee, which was late in blooming this year. I didn't give up hope. Even if the four newly planted seeds stayed buried and offered no green, I might still have another chance this year. I just have to patiently wait for new seeds...
One of this year's seed pods is maturing!
![white picotee amaryllis seed pod](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-RBDB8RH/0/1eb72cdd/M/DLA1171366-M.jpg)
![genetic artwork](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-452PSqS/0/9ee7a991/M/DLA1171567-M.jpg)
Then, I discovered two tiny little shoots from the refrigerated seeds! Two of the four seeds from last year have sprouted after spending a year on ice!!! Perhaps we're going to have twins after all...
![Baby Amaryllis!!!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-kVPRxj3/0/a67d8171/M/DLA1171396-M.jpg)
![growing taller!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-scxvf73/0/6f177b06/M/DLA1171499-M.jpg)
![Twins](https://photos.smugmug.com/Flowers/Amaryllis/i-DdVL2LZ/0/ae6ae055/M/DLA1171566-M.jpg)
Congrats on the twins lol Some sure find a way as they want to grow and put on a display.
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