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Re: clivia
Ellen -- about how long of a cold cycle does it need?
jems
>Clivia miniata is an excellent houseplant and I almost always feature
>it in my houseplant presentations. Mine blooms without fail every
>late Feb/early March and I find two things to be key.
>
>1) water about once a month from October until I see a bloom spike,
>then water once a week.
>2) keep it in an unused guest room, where temps get to about 50
>degrees in winter. The cold drop is essential not only for the
>Clivia to set bloom, but also to ensure that the bloom spike rises
>above the foliage. Sometimes a flower will form and be held low,
>clasped (almost invisibly) between the leaves of the plant. A cold
>drop ensures that the bloom will be held above the leaves. If you
>don't have a spare bedroom where you can keep the temperatures low,
>find your draftiest window. You're trying to mimic the growing
>conditions in Clivia's native South Africa, where the plant
>experiences dormancy before flowering.
>
>Clivia tolerates a wide range of light levels. Mine get's northern
>light all year round, which is less than what is usually recommended,
>yet it blooms very well. One client keeps hers in full southern
>light, but since it's in the living room (where temps don't drop) the
>flower is almost always held too low to be enjoyed.
>
>LN
>
>On Jan 2, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Jeff Minnich wrote:
>
>> Catriona,
>>
>> I'm here in Arlington, VA, and I do the same as you--mine actually
>> blooms
>> outside in the summer for me (I keep it in deep shade under a Southern
>> Magnolia in the summer), and it sits in a bright, cool room in the
>> winter
>> and basically just rests. My two pots of clivia are rootbound, and
>> I've
>> always heard they bloom if rootbound (not sure if this is true or
>> not). As
>> far as light requirement, they are right down there with
>> aspidistra--among
>> the lowest-light houseplants I know--and easy.
>>
>> Jeff
>> Jeff Minnich
>> Jeff Minnich Garden Design, Inc.
>> www.minnichgardendesign.com
>> 703.525.4540
>> "Earth Laughs in Flowers" Ralph Waldo Emerson
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Catriona Tudor Erler" <cterler@gardenvista.com>
>> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
>> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:17 AM
>> Subject: [GWL] clivia
>>
>>
>>> Here in Virginia I've had an orange clivia for several years. I
>>> keep it
>>> outdoors in the warm months, and bring it inside during the winter.
>>> Alas, it hasn't ever flowered, so I'm thinking of giving up. Any
>>> suggestions? The friend who gave it to me gets flowers, but she
>>> has a
>>> sun room where her tender plants live in the winter. I don't have
>>> that. Maybe mine isn't getting enough light?...
>>> Catriona
>>>
>>> Kathryn Marsh wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mine sits next to the orange one and behaves exactly like it. Its
>>>> strictly an indoor plant here in Ireland - can just about survive
>>>> the
>>>> winter outside but won't flower if you leave it out so it lives and
>>>> thrives in an unheated conservatory.
>>>>
>>>> Kathryn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2 Jan 2008, at 14:54, loisdan@juno.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Grandma's clivia made such an impression on me in the 1950s that,
>>>>> decades
>>>>> later, I instantly recognized it in a plant catalog. Alas, I don't
>>>>> much
>>>>> care for orange flowers. Now that the price of the yellow clivia
>>>>> has
>>>>> finally come down some, I'm ready to make my move. Does anyone have
>>>>> experience with the yellow clivia? Is it as easy, easier than,
>>>>> or more
>>>>> difficult than the orange?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Lois J. de Vries
>>>>> Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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