Amaryllis Math

After Thanksgiving, I bought an amaryllis for us to measure and observe in the classroom.

We loved watching it grow, measuring it every few days, predicting when it would bloom, and what color it would be.
We were so excited when the bud started blooming!

Later, we noticed that a second bud was growing...

We started to track the second bud, as well as the first.

It bloomed on Dec. 13th, and it was red!

Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the second bud bloom.  Forrest won the drawing to take it home with him over break.  Here is our final data: