It's funny, but I actually bought the red amaryllis for him last year for Christmas . . . I bought him one red and one white, as those are the colors of the Polish flag.

Then they bloomed . . . both deep red. Oops. One was clearly marked wrong, but hey, I tried. ;-)

I had one in Florida that we both dearly loved . . . it was in a pot, but stayed outside all year, and came back every year like clockwork. It was even slightly fragrant, which is the first time I realized that some are indeed fragrant. Gorgeous flowers.