Chose a shallow bowl or pot without a drainage hole. Fill the container up to two inches from the top with decorative pebbles or sand. Colored pebbles and sand can be found at Smith and Hawken retail stores. Nestle the bulbs shoulder to shoulder with the noses up and add more pebbles or sand leaving approximately a third of an inch of the top of each bulb uncovered. Add water until the water just reaches the base of the bulbs.
Shoots appear after about two weeks.
Check the water daily and add more as needed. Once the flowers have faded discard the bulbs, they cannot be forced to bloom again. Amaryllis These bulbs grow best when planted in soil. For the biggest blooms, chose the biggest bulbs. Place the bulb base and dried roots in lukewarm water for a few hours so they plump up.