Bulbs: Clivia ... a year on., 0 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Some will remember my first efforts at growing Clivia from seed. The seed was sown on 31st December 2006, the pic in the link was on 19th February 07.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3205255

I had even forgotten the 2 seeds I got from a 52 flowered Clivia was a poorly variegated Monk. But I could be forgiven as the original pic didn't show the leaves, only the berries, and that was such an unusual happening to have so many flowers on one stem. The flower stem was 60mm in diameter! With 450mm long leaves and 125mm wide.

The grower, Lily Wang in China, has a famous Clivia grower friend from whom she gets pollen off the best of plants with which to pollinate her plants. I think the pollen came from a broad leaved Darum hybrid but can't be certain.

One plant has longer leaves than the other. The longest leaf on this one measures 106mm long, width of 53mm, an exact ratio of 2:1