Amaryllis used to be what got me through the winter  once the dahlias  were put away.  Now the price is so high I can only look at photos.  We used to get them for under $10 each. I usually got them by the 3's.  It takes at least 3 years to raise a new one from seed.  About that time I got bit by 
the desire to start a cut flower business with dahlias.....I never did get a seedling to bloom stage....
I think one year my  Greenhouse froze in a surprise storm when my husband was somewhere else around the world  for business and I did not know how to operate the gas heater, or maybe we were out of propane and I couldn't get to town.  I still have  3 or 4 bulbs that regenerate themselves and rebloom for me. ..but not bery pretty colors.