Re: Clivia Advice Needed

**E* Z* <e*@acmeplant.com>**

Hi Lois,

Clivas grow best when they're pot bound.  I let mine stay where it is until all I can see are roots on the top of the pot (no soil).  Forming offsets is normal for older plants and not a sign of distress.  You can separate or not, depending on whether you'd like to keep your plant as a single stem specimen or grow it as a clump.  I wouldn't divide the offset until after the next round of bloom.  My Clivia continues to flower, even with two offsets in the pot.

You will eventually have to repot, but probably not until the pot cracks under pressure from its contents! 

LN 

On 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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