Grow Amaryllis... GROW!!

Hubby bought me an Amaryllis plant for my birthday back in November... simply put, it was an onion-type bulb in a tall glass vase... no flower as yet.

Last weekend I went to put it in the bin as it hadn't grown any in the time we'd had it However, I noticed the tiniest of green shoots inside the top of the bulb and wondered whether it may actually grow into a purty flower?!

So I just got back from my parents (went to visit them for the weekend). And as I pulled the car into the driveway.... this is what was waiting for me on our living room window sill.. (click on the images to see larger version)...