Bulbs: Clivias anyone?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
An update, not looking good but a couple are doing OK. I lost the largest lime green leaved one on the left of this pic

http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3321360

The compost was quite dry so I did as I had done before, poured a little water on the surface. That one had a small soggy patch near the base of the leaf the following day, then it went very quickly, root rotting as well.

NOW, what I do have left is interesting! In the pic to follow there are 4 only, the largest one now is the one on the right, the same position as in the link. It has developed interesting variegation with a fairly broad creamy yellow band on one edge, the leaf tip has dried a little but in general it looks promising.

The one which I could see variegation on from an early stage which is next to the largest leaf has grown a little, and has some solid looking stripes.

Th third from right is not very exciting. Last one to the left is looking worse than it did, it had a pale leaf before, but is even more pale now with the first leaf part-dried and a new one growing.

The root you see is one of 7 still there but with no leaves. It's about 2" long, another I pulled out was shorter but healthy. The question is, will they produce leaves? I think they have a good chance!

The limey one which rotted had not made a solid root. They start off white and fuzzy, as they mature they turn more fleshy, the top part going green. I noticed this with the second one of Clivia nobilis, it didn't start to produce leaves until it had a solid root.

The tiny one with pale yellow leaves is still the same, I would have thought if one was going to die it would have been that. I was disappointed the lime one rotted, it looked to be a good broad leaf.