Clivia miniata care and bloom tips?

[catherinecarney]

cliviausa has tons of cultivars--including all sorts of flower types and colors and even leaf variegations. One of the top clivia breeders in the world is located in South Africa, and they carry a number of her crosses.

Looks like I've found a new addiction.

Catherine

[NYCorchidman]

10 years with no flowers!!!
Unless yours was just a tiny little seedling, something wasn't right.

You found the right information through your search that clivias need cold and drier (not dry) winter in order to bloom.

Mine used to bloom every spring with two spikes.
I grew mine in mix of small (about half an inch) and medium (one inch or larger) gravel type of little stones.

[catherinecarney]

Yeah, I'd have to look at my records to be sure, but I'd bet it's been the better part of a decade....I bought it as a relatively small plant, but it certainly wasn't a two leaf seedling.

Thanks to all the people on the board it looks like I might finally have some accurate information and be able to bloom it soon!

Catherine

[NYCorchidman]

Good luck!

[tarev]

I got my first Clivia miniata 'Solomone Hybrid Yellow' last Nov 2014; repotted and placed it by our front door protected by an alcove in case it rains. I left it there not giving it any water, just letting it get that cold treatment it needed. I know we had one day in Dec where we had a freeze warning, but I was away, so when I came back in January, I pulled the plant indoors. I have placed it now by our north facing window.

After a couple of days, I gave it some water, not a lot. Then I noticed it started showing new offsets. And today, 23Jan2015, I see some buds forming at the center of the main plant. It is a total surprise for me, but that is just what I did. Nothing much about fertilizers even. I guess the plant is just mature already to start making flowers. To be honest the existing leaves are not that impressive, looks tired and somewhat wrinkly, but there are new leaves from the center that are newer and more shiny. Temperature inside my house is set at 60 to 68f range.
I counted the leaves this plant has 11 leaves right now.

From my readings, Clivia does take awhile to bloom if it is still too young. I guess I just got lucky my plant is already quite matured and the timing to let it do a cold dormant rest that it needs so now it is ready to bloom. I was advised that at this point, I can start giving it more water, because sometimes the spike stalls inbetween leaves. So I will observe how it goes and if it does that, that will be my remedy.

So maybe for those with problems having it bloom, the cold treatment aspect is what needs to be improved and got to keep it really dry while doing the cold treatment. It has such fat noodle-like roots. It can take the dry conditions.

[tarev]

My Clivia miniata 'Solomone Yellow' is now in bloom, so just allow intervals in watering, once the bloomstalk is showing, I think I do at times 5 to 7 days interval. It is such a lovely plant! Excited to get more later on. Hope your plant,catherinecarney, will soon bloom as well. When I got this plant in Nov2014, it has 9 leaves, now it has added 3 more as it made the blooms. So pretty much try to provide a cool dry rest for the plant, no watering for about a month or 1.5 months, then slowly water, to gently wake it up. Increase watering frequency but still with intervals, those roots are very fat, so it will not rot.