Clivia Budding Up
 

I bought this Clivia last spring not really knowing anything about them. Found out that they need a dry, cold winter dormant period to set buds. So I stuck it outside and gave it no water from the end of November to the end of January. Mind, temperatures here haven't fallen much below freezing all winter. It wouldn't have tolerated much colder.

So anyway, I brought it in last week and gave it a little water. Found this popping up yesterday outta nowhere! And there's another one right behind it! I'm gonna be a bit bold here and go ahead and say mission accomplished!

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what colour did you buy ? I love the yellow, but orange is also great.

It's kindof a reddish orange. The yellow ones are very nice, I will be on the lookout for one.

Awesome!

Wonderful. It'll be quite a sight once the second flower stalk emerges.

Yeah, you have imitated the South African winter season.

Would you believe these things are up and blooming just three weeks later? A welcome change from the slowness of orchids :)

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I love these plants! My aunt had them and they got really big over the years.

You got a nice large plant I think.

I would love to have a yellow flowering one if I had a cold room. oh, well...

Very pretty Clivia! Good growing! :goodjob

My Clivia miniata 'Solomone Yellow' was in bloom this February too, and is now slowly done with the blooms..got some offsets forming, so the plant must be redirecting its energy to the babies.

I loved that thing! Now that I've moved, I've gotten another one, but it is a small plant. I gave it the cold treatment but no flowers, maybe it's too young.

When I was trying to learn more about Clivia, I have often read about counting the leaves to gauge if the plant is mature enough to bloom. My clivia that bloomed had 9 leaves and after the dry rest it was quick to slowly start forming more leaves, and the best surprise the bloom stalk later.

I also got another one, this one's tag says it is an orange clivia, has 12 leaves to start, I guess was kept too wet at the nursery, during repot, roots are okay but not as okay as the yellow clivia I had. Anyways, will just care for it and see how it goes.

I am also going to try to find a variegated one..later:biggrin:

You have given me hope!!! Mine has 9 or 10 leaves too and is resuming growth after I broke its dormancy at the beginning of February...maybe it will bloom after all?

Yeah, maybe it will try! Do you notice if the neck of the stem seems to be getting wider? I noticed that when I moved it indoors after the cool dry rest. I thought it was just gearing for more leaves, since there was a new leaf growing too.

Then after about a week or so, I saw the bloomstalk at the center.

One year later! I put the Clivia through three full months of cool and dry. Started watering last week, and woohoo! First sign of a bloom stalk today! Happy dance!!


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This pic is what is known as a "deep peek" :)

Way to grow. I tossed mine in the garage , sans water, early Dec and only just brought it out. It's in bud too. Don't forget to post pics when the blooms opens

It's the low temperatures, not the drying out, that triggers blooming. They grow and bloom well in Los Angeles gardens exposed to winter rain. 50F for a few weeks is low enough.

Then I'll add for the record that mine was probably closer to 60 degrees for 3 months. This was however in sharp contrast to a summer of 85 and higher.

Congrats Cambria! Looking forward to seeing the bloom photos! My Solomone yellow is busy with its babies, while noid orange - I gave this one a cool rest in Dec, is still quiet, but the leaves are lush and green, still better to see than totally dormant leafless plants.:)

I'm starting to overthink whether mine was kept cool enough over its rest period, and whether this will cause the bloom stalk to come out too short. I'm just looking for things to worry about at this point!

Well one needs a reason.

Cool plant.

Moving kind of slowly.

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Getting there! As I feared, the scape did not grow out at all, so I just tied back the leaves while the plant is in bloom. Will still be pretty. *happy dance*

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Woohoo!

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I love it!!!

Horray! What a nice orange color.

FALLING OFF MY CHAIR!!! FANTASTIC!!!