I've never really stopped watering Clivia and they bloom every year for me.
Mind you, I let the soil dry out between waterings, but don't withhold water
for an extended period like I do with Amaryllis. I got a very tiny Clivia
bulblet several years ago and it had no trouble surviving on its own pot.
It has since produced and its "babies" have survived along with it without
suffering from the treatment I give the "mother." Not sure if this helps,
but I'll be happy to expand on it!
Debbie
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Dorey
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Hi all,
I have a clivia question. I have one large pot with 8 clivia in different
stages in it. The original one is huge and so is it's first "baby" The
remaining 6 are really babies and 3 of them just sprouted this past fall. I
was going to keep the big ones dry so they would bloom this spring but am
afraid the babies won't survive the treatment. Should I take them out of
the main pot and put them in their own pot?? Is there any special time to
do this?? Three are older than the new sprouts and have several leaves of
their own. thanks for any help you can give me. Robin in western Mass.
where it is very cold!! but no snow yet. Maybe on Monday.
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Subject: Clivia WAS RE: garden topics
**A friend gave me a baby Clivia in a pot about a year ago. It has put out
a new
leaf every so often. When that happens one of the current (there are a
total of two)
leaves turns brown and dies. I'm not really gaining anything here. Is this
a
normal state of affairs? My friend told me when she gave me the plant, that
it
would be a couple of years before I could expect it to bloom? Right?
ann
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Ann:
I'm not sure what is going on with yours...yes they take a couple of years
to bloom and they do lose old leaves, but you should be gaining leaves not
staying even. They like not extreme light, they like to be kept on the dry
side and not fertilized too much, but perhaps you need to fertilize some or
fertilize and/or water less, depending on what you've been doing.
Debbie
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Subject: Clivia WAS RE: garden topics
**A friend gave me a baby Clivia in a pot about a year ago. It has put out
a new
leaf every so often. When that happens one of the current (there are a
total of two)
leaves turns brown and dies. I'm not really gaining anything here. Is this
a
normal state of affairs? My friend told me when she gave me the plant, that
it
would be a couple of years before I could expect it to bloom? Right?
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**Thanks Debbie. I have been doing what you say - maybe a little lax on
the fertilizer. I'll try a wee bit more and see what happens. Seems to me
that
the bulb may not being growing as it should since I'm not gaining leaves? I
would be thrilled to see it bloom.
ann
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Good luck! Mine is getting to the point I may need to repot (it is filling
the pot with offsets now) so I could share....
Debbie
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Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:21 AM
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**Thanks Debbie. I have been doing what you say - maybe a little lax on
the fertilizer. I'll try a wee bit more and see what happens. Seems to me
that
the bulb may not being growing as it should since I'm not gaining leaves? I
would be thrilled to see it bloom.
ann
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I know mine went from tiny bulblet (looked like just some roots on the end
of two leaves) to bloom in less than 7 years, but can't remember exactly how
long it took...maybe as long as five, but I think less. I have never let it
go without water for more than a week or two...
Debbie
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I would be concerned about the leaves dieing back like that. I don't mean to
say it doesn't happen but I haven't heard of it. How high up the roots is
the soil and how wet is it? They like roots tight and somewhat exposed, I
found, and on the dry side. On the internet, the advise is to allow them to
dry for three months before watering to bring on bloom but mine would croak.
I gave a seedling to a friend and she tried it because it produced a number
of healthy leaves but she wanted blooms. It started to die back but has
since recovered as she began to give it limited quantities of water again.
I heard 7 years from pup to bloom but mine have done it in five for one and
nine and no bloom for the other, in the same pot...so go figure.
I love the greenery they produce so the blooms are a bonus when they come
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
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**Sharing is a wonderful thing!! Wrong time of year to send things in the
mail? Do you have Apple Blossom amaryllis?
ann
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The bulb is sticking up out of the dirt by at least 1/3 and the pot is
small. When Mary Ann gave it to me, it was already in this pot.
She is experienced in growing them. The two leaves are really
healthy looking and the one only dies back when a new one starts
growing.. Status Quo, I guess!! Sheesh!!
ann
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I would be concerned about the leaves dieing back like that. I don't mean to
say it doesn't happen but I haven't heard of it. How high up the roots is
the soil and how wet is it? They like roots tight and somewhat exposed, I
found, and on the dry side. On the internet, the advise is to allow them to
dry for three months before watering to bring on bloom but mine would croak.
I gave a seedling to a friend and she tried it because it produced a number
of healthy leaves but she wanted blooms. It started to die back but has
since recovered as she began to give it limited quantities of water again.
I heard 7 years from pup to bloom but mine have done it in five for one and
nine and no bloom for the other, in the same pot...so go figure.
I love the greenery they produce so the blooms are a bonus when they come
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
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Right; not a good time to share...and I do have the Apple Blossom
Amaryllis...
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**Sharing is a wonderful thing!! Wrong time of year to send things in the
mail? Do you have Apple Blossom amaryllis?
ann
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