Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Indoor gardens fall winter 2013, #2, 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Holly and Ric--

I too am sorry about all the dead plants.....it would, half way, kill me too...

My Clivias (2) are in the dark shop--with the light on now and then.
I am also keeping them dry. Like Amaryllis--when i see the bloom buds
squeezing through that tight base (HOW do they manage???) I will bring it upstairs.

I am happy that i am down to only 2 Clivias. Thanks to Paul and his friends...
He bought many of them from me. Started with 12.

Seems mine are two different kinds. The one you all have--with pointed leaves--
and the other one has broader leaves with rounded leaf-tips. This one has a bigger
bloom cluster and the color is so much more intense. I love it!
Got this one from a customer at HD. We were talking about Clivias and he said he had one
and would I like to have it. Sure! So--he brought it--this huge pot-full. Paid him with a hug.
I have seen him a couple times. I call him "The Clivia man"....He usually spots me--not v v.
This one has grown a Pup. I will let it be a while....

Mine Clivias will bloom sometime end of Jan.--early Feb. and again outside in the summer.

Here's the blooms from the one with the rounded leaf-tips.