Amaryllis Blooms!

This lovely Amaryllis blossom is in full bloom in an antique Ironstone bowl on my mantle. When I purchased a large Amaryllis from the nursery last week one of the buds, almost ready to open snapped off. I felt terrible that this had happened. Such beauty, wasted. I decided to place it in a dish of water to see if it would bloom. Boy, it sure did. I was pleasantly surprised to see such exquisite beauty unfold. I may do it on purpose,next time, just to see an Amaryllis blossom from a different perspective.