Re: kaffir lily

interesting, marge. that's generally the king of treatment this one got, too. [i read somewhere that they also like to be root bound, but that didn't make any sense to me; how would they ever bloom in the wild?] they are part of the amaryllis clan and dry cool is the kind of treatment amaryllis seem to prefer--at least here where they are planted and ignored only to thrive and multiply.

At 11:16 PM 3/8/03 -0500, you wrote:
And mine is now in bloom in the g.h. - for only the 2nd time since
I've had the durn thing - some 10 years at least.  Discovered that
the key is cool and relatively dry winter temps....then when it
starts growth, water and feed.  Used to keep it in the house and
water with all the house plants - lotsa leaves; no flowers - thinking
it needed warmth as in tropical.  Well, t'ain't so..wants cool winter
- not cold, but cool - and not dust dry but dryish.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
>
> some years ago, linda spadafora [hope i spelled her name correctly;
i don't
> think she's with us any longer, however, or if she is, she's
lurking] sent
> me an old kaffir lily [clivia miniata] that she had had for years
but it
> never bloomed for her. she thought maybe a tropical environment
would
> encourage it to behave better.
>
> i put it in a pot in the lathhouse for a year or so, then moved it
to the
> front patio when we began putting plants out there. we've always
admired it
> for its foliage. but now it's finally going to bloom. and the bloom
spike
> is going to have at least a dozen flowers. can't wait.

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