Mid-Atlantic Gardening: your Mid At and Friends indoor gardens 2013, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Sally---

This one put out a stalk of buds-to-be while still in my basement. Dark--cool--no watering...
The other one--same size--same conditions--nothing showing yet.

I brought both of them upstairs when the one started to make buds.
Equal treatment--one in full bloom--the other one still snoozing.

I only have the two now--which is what I always wanted.
Paul bough the other four before Christmas--one (two?) to keep--the other ones to give away as gifts.

Happiness is NOT having 8 pots of big Clivias in my possession.....:o)

Here is what to look for when the buds start pushing through that thick base.
I don't know how they make it--it's like giving birth to a baby....

When the bloom stem is getting half way up--you may want to stake it--or it will just
bend over and may even break. You can see i already have it staked in pic. #4. Green tie in place.