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Re: clivia
About a month between just above freezing and 55 according to the
books but I find 50 is better as a top temperature. Since the Irish
climate hovers around 50 for a lot of the year its really easy to
keep it flowering
Kathryn
On 3 Jan 2008, at 14:51, jo ellen meyers sharp wrote:
> 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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