Re: Clivia Advice Needed

**G* L* <g*@gmail.com>**

Hi Lois lucky you! now you have an offset to pot up, root and give away to
a dear friend, while repotting your plant in fresh soil so it will be ready
to grow come the lengthening daylight. Or you could give away the old plant
and keep the offest! Clivia like to be crowded for good bloom. Best, Geri

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:03 AM, <loisdan@juno.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> My approx. 5-year old Golden Dragon Clivia has started to grow an offset
> and I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. The mother
> plant has 28 leaves (14 on each side) and barely fits into its assigned
> corner, which is the only suitable location for it in our house. I know
> the plant is pretty rootbound because my then-puppy knocked it over about
> two years ago, breaking both its clay pot and the glazed clay cache pot.
>
> Does the offset mean the mother plant is in distress (it looks very
> robust)?
> If I let the offset grow, will the mother plant not bloom (it starts
> blooming every Feb. 12th)?
> If I want to keep both, do I need to repot? The most I can do is to pot
> it up directly into the cache pot to gain about 1/2-inch and a bit more
> depth.
>
> This is the only Clivia I've ever grown and I was not aware how ginormous
> they can become until I saw some in Longwood Garden's conservatory. Can
> this plant be kept in an 8 1/2-inch pot indefinitely? Is root-pruning an
> option?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
> Lois
>
> Lois J. de Vries
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