Last spring I tested growing bulbs vertically with good success. So, of course it seemed reasonable to go from daffodils to the king of bulbs, Amaryllis. Last year's Daffodils and Cyclamens. This year's Amaryllis. Hailing from the Andes Mountains of Chile, Peru and Bolivia, this flower has reached Europe in 18th century where over the next 226 years it has been hybridised to the king of bulbs we know today. It has graced the glass houses of many a green fingered aristocrat,