Clivias anyone?

DMJ, I just saw your post on the Texas Roundup thread. If I go I will try to bring some clivia seedlings.

I'm not sure on that one yet Siggy; but hold me one...I'm sure I might have some sort of bulb you might want?

DMJ watch Lowes as in 2004 they got in orange for 4.98 a gallon pot and again this year for 5.98.
Sure hope my first one blooms this year. It sure has grown. I will let you know if mine gets any. They got them late summer 2006. Nice size plants.

I would love a yellow and variegated. But way out of my league. DH and I were planning on going back to the fall round up last year and He passed away in Sept. I know I won't be going either.
Life is so unbearable at times without him. Alot of the time. He was just 51. We celebrated our 31st anniversary 9 days before he passed. Enough of my sad tale. This is an awesome thread.
Kaleem I don't think you knew my husband passed away.

Got to go to bed starting to cry and It gets hard not to when I miss him so very deeply. Then I don't stop crying for quite awhile.

Keep posting I love the pictures.

Blessings,
Sandy ^8^

Sandy I hope someone can offer you a variegated Clivia, if I'm still here when mine get bigger you can have one of mine.

Your husband must have been a wonderful person to miss him so much. I do hope you will in time be able to heal the hurt, I guess it will never really go away fully. You need someone to give you a (((((big hug))))), try to pick up the pieces and carry on, I'm sure your husband would want you to do that. Your still have a purpose on this planet, I think we all do, if you can find any little thing that makes you feel good then do it. Remember you had a wonderful husband too, and that you were lucky to have know him. I can't place myself in your shoes, but we are all hoping for your well being.

Sandy, its good to see you posting. The healing is slow, but thats ok- you have your DG family to keep reminding you of all that is bright, blooming, and beautiful. You remain in my thoughts, and always wishing you comfort.

What a deal on Clivia at your Lowes! I hope mine gets some. Can you grow them outdoors year round?
Neal

wallaby1 what sweet words. Also the offer of a variegated clivia. And the hug was best of all.

Yes, Wonderful is a great word for him, but even went beyond that. When I had a 2 level lumbar fusion (which failed) He did things for me that was beyond words. He did physical labor, but everyday would come home put me on the chair in the bath tub ahnd he did most of the work giving me a shower be cause I was not suppose to move without that solid brace. He did that for quite a few months. The pain meds made me so sick to my stomach all the time, and i would gently call him and he would come and fix me some toast in the middle of the night. Not one complaint the whole time. That is not all he did, but that is huge. I have loved him since 10th grade. Every chance I would get I would tell him I could not believe I was Mrs Dennis A.............. Just to touch his face or hold his hand would be heaven again. But as it goes never again on this earth will I get to do that.
My only prayer is I don't have to live 30 + years without him. I have never known such pain as I do now.

gemini_sage Thank you for your kindness. It helps being here with my family. i have never in my life been or felt as Loved as I do here. My DS lives about 15 miles away, but they are busy with my 2 girls and their own problems. Sometimes 2 says go by and I don't hear from DS. But it is ok. I have to learn to take care of myself. I don't know how to find it but Dave made mine and Dennis picture, Picture of the day Sept 19th. Just 4 days after he passed. It was from last years first annual Texas srping round up. I am so glad he let me talk him into going. He had a great time and it was nice to get away together, He would say every once in a while october right and I would say nov. He planned us going to the fall one. But it didn't happen.

My clivia are in pots and I bring them in the garage. My amaryllis are outside and still have leaves and we supposedly had a 2 night freeze. Even my thermometer said do. But nothing I have was effected except the leaves on my big brug. And the cold wind was horrible. DS and I could not get the tarps over I quess would be like a hoop house made out of cow panels and the north wind just went throught one end to the other. But everything is fine (so far) The Ice and sleet came within 15 miles of us. I prayed as God know out there is my sanity. I hope come spring I feel like caring for it. I fell a week ago and by back hurts so bad. So we will see come spring if it will let me. The nerves down my legs pain so bad. It felt like needles in my toes this morning. Well that is enough about me.

Neal Dmail me in May and when ever you think of it so I don't forget and I will watch for Lowes to get some in. I always go there and drool over everything anyway. If they do I would gladly get one and ship it if you wanted me to. I could take most of the dirt off the roots to save you shipping. I am really serious about this I would be blessed if I could find one if you want me too.

I wish they would get yellow. :O)

Blessings,

Sandy ^8^

Oh, thank you Sandy! You're a sweetie! I'll definitely send a reminder :)

So sorry to hear about your fall. The way pain is going down your leg sounds like, and I have no idea how to spell it, but psyatic nerve issues. I have a friend who has suffered with it since an auto accident. Do try and take care of yourself, even if you don't really feel like it.

Sandy, you can find past new letters from the 'News' tab at the top on teh home page, there is then a link on the top right.

Here is the list of dates


http://davesgarden.com/nl.php

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings with us, I hope a pain shared is a pain halved. Your children won't really know what you are going through, I think you have to have been there to know, and perhaps thankfully the young are spared the pain of what may be facing themselves in the future or it would be difficult for them to carry on. What is the saying, forgive them for they know not....but I am sure one of your children would come to your rescue if you needed it badly, it seems your son is trying to help. Physical pain can be exhausting in many ways, but piled on top of mental pain can be devastating. I'm sure I speak for all in our wishes for you to find the strength to heal, your mental pain has to heal in order to help your physical pain, I know that from experience.

Sandy,
If I had a variegated one I'd give it to you. I like growing clivia from seed, and none of the variegated seeds I've tried has come true. I swear if anything they've turned out greener than my non variegated ones ;-) That's why I am so in awe of Kaleem's seedling.
The fact that one is never sure of a clivia seeds outcome is a great part of the excitment.

Maybe you will get a variegated offset Siggy. That probably explains why they are so expensive. That's why I got 15 seeds instead of 5, they were quite cheap and only one lot of postage.

I wonder how long I have to wait to find out if they 'look' like they might be variegated. I'm already quite hopeful as the small leaves look different to the 2 Clivia nobilis I have growing, I go tthose a little earlier from Chilterns. I also got one C. caulescens at over £2 for 1 seed, which seemed risky and it was, the seed had a sort of watery look about it and eventually rotted without germinating, although it looked like it was about to burst forth with a root. They are now selling 2 for over £4. It's the only seed I got that didn't germinate!

The back one rooted shortly after the first but has been slow to make leaves, they are making now but still slow, the first one raced away with little green leaves straight away. It at least has a nice strong looking stem.

ilovejesus99
This is a shocking news for me, I really dont know and this thread made me very very sad, One of our loving friend lost some one who lives in her heart and this is so sad .
I hope I will be in the heavan and waiting for his other half, no doubt every one should go and we are just for our tern. You are always in my prayers.
Kaleem

Wondering how your babies are doing, thought I'd bump this up.

Here's the Mama I'm plant sitting this winter, looking pretty happy. Her owner forgot and left her out in the full sun one afternoon, thats where those brown edges came from.

And heres the baby I got for taking care of Mama!

This isn't a baby, but I thought I would post my picture. I have had these for many years and they have bloomed maybe 3 times.

They don't ever look like your pictures, but I am very excited everytime they bloom for me. The sun was shining in the window and just highlighting the bloom. Looked like it was on fire. Very hard to see in the photo. Sorry

Susan
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Here are a couple more from today. No sunshine on them today.
Susan
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last one
Susan
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Ooo... it does look likes its on fire! Gorgeous. thanks for posting.

I recall reading that if you pull them away from the light the flower stalk will stetch out
a bit. Anyone know if this is true?

Tam

That's a good size baby Neal, mine are doing very well. One of the 2 poorly variegated ones, the last to germinate, has really raced ahead. The leaf tip is rounded too. The other 14 are at different stages, some still trying to burst out their first leaf but all are still looking good. I am sure there will be a few variegated ones, one has a robust round tipped leaf, another is small and thin, slow, but looks very yellow.

I'll get some pics and post later.

Susan what a gorgeous colour yours is! I can't wait for leaves, flowers are a real bonus!

Tam I'm not sure about stem length, but almost any plant which is kept in lower light will stretch towards the light, so that could be the case.

The flowers growing low is a common issue. It results from dormancy issues. Clivia bloom best when they have around a six to eight week period of cool temperatures. Like days in the 50's and nights in the 40's. But be careful not to let them freeze. Also in they should not be watered during this time.
http://www.shieldsgardens.com/info/CliviaFlowering.html

Thanks for that info Siggy, now I will know how to get flowers! The autumn here in the greenhouse should be perfect for those temps.

Pics, the poorly variegated, 52 flowered one. The largest is the latest to germinate, nice round tip and some darker veins already showing, I think I would be happy to get a poorly variegated one but this looks promising, what sayeth the expert, Siggy? The other has a more pointed tip.

Very sturdy little thing! Looks happy.

The 14 off the long leaf variegated one. See the three in a row with robust growth, they all look to be developing variegation, two have rounded tips and broader leaves. There are two yellowish ones at the back left of those, the very left one looks to be all yellow so far and has a narrow leaf, time will tell if it is going to grow well.

On some of the others just making leaves you can see a white looking powdery effect, I thought it was mould for a start, but it seems to be a fibre which shows as the radicle splits to allow the leaf through.

Him heap big strong Clivia! Or her.....

The other lot are all so different, this is exciting! The back of the middle of the three biggest you can see has strong green lines for a baby, you can see the back of the yellow one to the right 2nd up, it's turned 90 degrees.

Clivia nobilis, the 2nd one is now advancing and the leaf looks a little different, time will tell.

Those are really growing great--don't you just love the larger bulbs? You really know you got something sturdy with those and freesia's, veltheima's, crinums.

I'm no expert. Looks like you have some gorgeous seedlings coming up. I don't know what I do wrong. Anytime I try to grow variegated clivia they grow up solid green.

Deb it is great to see something robust and substantial, the small and slower developing bulbs usually do OK but they look so fragile!

Siggy you probably have more knowledge and insight than most of us, you may recognise what is good and what isn't better than we who haven't seen them before as seedlings! But they look good to me!

I don't think you could be doing anything wrong, the grower of these has access to the famous grower in China's plants and pollen, and their breeding programmes are well controlled to select the best. Not that others are not, but having a wide range of plants to choose from for breeding the desirable features may make the difference. They have also been doing it for a long time.

On the forum link you posted, I did read that someone who grew seeds from all green plants got several variegated plants, second generation perhaps.

I cropped off a close up of the three, at a slightly different angle.

Those sure are gorgeous.

They sure are Sandy, it's going to be a lot of fun watching them grow! If there is a satisfaction from growing from seed this has to be top of the list.

My Clivias flowered in their 3rd year from seeds, after they made 12 or 14 leaf pairs. It is worth the wait, they are awesome flowers!

Joseph

How about a new picture of our babies??

What color do you have Joseph?

I have 2 mature plants; 1 is all orange, and the other has orange tipped petals and yellowish-orange colors more basal on the petal. I like both of them very much. I recently traded for a couple of Snowflake Clivia seeds and one is showing a leaf now, very exciting. I think the other will come along soon. Last but not least, I have a nice young Clivia nobilis plant.

Joseph

Hi Gerris, if mine flower in their 3rd year I will be pleased! I'm not holding my breath though, our climate can be cool.

My C. nobilis seem to be fairly tough, but slow.

I took some pics but the sun was glaring through the window, the two broadleaf ones are looking great. I'll have to get a beter pic.

Sandy, the others are down to 11, and some of those are iffy. The 5 along the middle look OK, three in front sort of OK, one of them still trying to make a leaf. One is almost compeletely yellow, now making a 3rd leaf but I think it will struggle, there could be a green line down the centre coming.

There is 3 at the back, one can hardly be seen as it's in a brow sheath, trying to make a leaf, the left one still no leaf, I took the seed off today as it was rotting. That's what happened with the others, the seed rotted and went down to the root but I saved some.

How amazing. They change all the time. I hope you get at least 9 good ones out of the bunch.

My orange one I got 2 or 3 years ago from Lowes is blooming. I will have to get a picture.

Good to see so many doing well. Keep us posted.

I don't think I will get 9, but there is hope! The end ones have broad leaves and are very different, it's possible the paler one will be a short leaf, the lime green one is very broad and quite short.

I took a side view, see how the largest leaf is cupped. You can see the other one in this pic, the root is slightly out of the compost. One of C nobilis took a long time to grow leaves so I haven't given up on it yet, it was also a little high.

The broadleaf ones, the shorter of the two (1st to germinate) is probably going to be a very short leaf, see how it's puckered.

Looking at the side view of the longest leaf, and from the tip of the shorter. The long one is showing some mottling.

A comparison with C nobilis behind.

Great pictures. They so seem like a watched pot never boils. They look smaller but that is because the big seed is gone. They are doing great considering I usually kill seeds.

How do you water them without getting too much?

I get new emails as new clivias are posted on ebay. I haven't bought but I do drool. Some prices are out of this world. Going to go take a picture of mine blooming. I will post it here.

Great job being a dad to those babies.