Yeps! My neighbor, Dee gave it to me.
Guess what I got!
My eyes zoomed right in on the Clivia.. wow... what a nice neighbor!!!! all look hapy and healthy...
Wow, Karrie. Love the Clivia.
It's BLOOMING!! Nice. I have 3 and none are blooming.
It is sure pretty.
AND, it is a really good one, from what I understand. It is hard to find, I am told, Clivias that hold their bloom stock high....many bloom at a level below the tallest leaves. Good job, Karebear!
This is really very pretty. Is this kaffir lily?
Kaleem
It is a Clivia.
gumlla... yes.. that is the other name for it
wow! What a neighbor. I've wanted one but they are so expensive and hard to find. Congratulations on your beauty and thanks for sharing the pictures.
Leslie
Nice neighbor...nice plants!
I recently traded away my Clivias as they hadn't bloomed for me, either.
Glad I'm not the only one!
cool Karrie. I gave mine away it wouldn't bloom for me
Karrie
You are lucky... you got in free ,lat month I went to other city and and saw this plant in a nursery and he asked 20 US$ FOR THIS PLANT.
I come out from nursery seceretly and quitely after listening price..... LOL......lol
MzMunchken
Thanks for clarification.
kaleem
Yes - I've been reading up on these and different places charge different prices - some outrageous. I read an internet article yesterday that they can even go for hundreds to thousands of dollars. Saw another site selling them for $50. Go figure.
OMG $50USD.....this is too much????
When your plant will have babies..... dont forget me....LOL.
Kaleem
I bought mine from an ebay seller a few years ago.
They weren't too expensive....I think $15.00 for the two of them. I had passed up several auctions before I'd found this seller, though.
Many people in southern states grow them as garden plants and have them in abundance.
Kaleem....too bad I didn't know that you had wanted one when I traded mine away!
Nan
Thank you but I am late : (
Kaleem
in So Calif. we grow Clivias as accent plants in the yard :-)
Home Depot sometimes will have the Belgium wide leaf orange 3 for $15.00
a cpl of years ago i pulled a cpl of dozen offshoots from one i had planted 15 years ago
all my neighbors got nice blooming size clivias
there are many new hybrids & colors that can cost a lot of money
& Karrie is right there are some in China that sell for thousands of $
Clivias prefer dappled shade not full sun, full sun will sun burn them
bloom colors are from dark red to pastels to light yellows
Clivias can also be addictive :-)
yes i have a cpl doz. different kinds :-)
Dick
Oh sure......now you tell me, Dick. Is any of your making seeds?
:) Donna
yes Donna i have seed :-)
Dick
Dick has some real nice ones!! I am dying for a variegated one. I may take the plunge. LOL. But I have some in the ground for about 25 years and they have never flowered. Call me loyal!!
Karrie, yours is sure nice. Nice color too!
My neighbor Dee goes to China alot - they trade with them because they have a wholesale jewelry business and buy beads.
Well - I'm just tickled that it's still blooming, and the blooms aren't showing any stress.
Well you better confess, Dick. What kind? Do you sell them?? Do you have the yellow one????
:) Donna
Kell, does it get below 60 degrees there at all? I read that they are not supposed to get below 60 degrees and that is why most people use them as houseplants. Dee said hers are houseplants up until we start getting our really hot weather, then she puts them outside, in their pots, in the shade.
Clivia can take cold & frost for short periods of time
the large Chinese variegated are very pretty
the bigger they are the more expensive they become
there are 3 or 4 sellers on Ebay that are very good
they will be shipping again starting in Sept when it cools off
some of the smaller seedlings 1 to 2 years old are reasonable in $
it takes on average 5 years from pollination to first bloom :-)
Donna i have seed of most of the colors, my first year for them
no i don't sell anything but i do trade
here is a collage of some of the seed i have now
the seed stay on the plant almost a whole year before harvesting
Dick
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OMG seds............. : )
What do you want to have in trade? Do you have any trade list? I am ingterested in seeds if plants are not available.
Kaleem
Kaleem
you have an Email :-)
my seed will not be ready for harvest for months
Dick