Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: clivia time again , 1 by laurawege

laurawege wrote:
I think the trick to getting them to flower is a period of dormantcy, they are native to africa and need a "dry "season to evoke blooms. Mine flower then when it warms up enough for them to go out they go into the shade then part sun . when the weather man says frost ( late october ) in the fall they go down in the basement then they are ignored untill march when I notice the bloom stalks pushing up through the clusters of leaves . I top dress them with fresh potting soil . I add a few cups of potting soil to my watering can then I add water and swish it around and pour it all around the bare roots to fill in any gaps that there might be . I fed them once in a while but no set schedual and I just use what ever I have around anything from fish emusion to mircle grow. I just don't feed them after about august 1st.
laura