Wednesday, December 3

Clivia - Not just one flower stem




Posted by Sue Garrett at 9:06 am

14 comments:

  1. JoDecember 03, 2014

    So pretty, and a lovely colour.

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    1. Sue GarrettDecember 03, 2014

      It is Jo you can get them in other colours but I've only seem photos of them,

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  2. swefflingDecember 03, 2014

    Wow! You really do have green fingers:)

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    1. Sue GarrettDecember 03, 2014

      I can't take the credit sweffling as the plant was given ti me by Roger The No Dig Gardener back in September.

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    2. Roger Brook - No Dig GardenerDecember 03, 2014

      Oh yes you can Sue. It was a fairly pathetic thing when it came to you. I seem to remember that you did a post when it tried to jump out of its pot to escape from your clutches! It new what work it had to do!

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    3. Sue GarrettDecember 04, 2014

      It's currently in a south facing window, Roger which I guess will be too hot for it in summer.
      Should it spend summer in the greenhouse?

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  3. Mark WillisDecember 03, 2014

    A great result. Is Clivia related to Agapanthus, I wonder? The plant structure looks similar.

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  4. Sue GarrettDecember 03, 2014

    Clivias are in the same family as amaryllis ot hippeastrums Amaryllaceae and agapanthus are in the lily family Liliaceae, Mark but I agree they look very similar, Maybe there are connections higher up the family tree.

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  5. CJDecember 03, 2014

    Beautiful, they are so exotic looking, and your stems are nice and compact too, sometimes that kind of thing sends up three foot flower spikes and it all gets a bit unwieldy.

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    1. Sue GarrettDecember 04, 2014

      They seem ti grow taller as the flower ages CJ but are still not tall and floppy.

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  6. SnowbirdDecember 03, 2014

    Oh wow! How beautiful and graceful, I bet it lights the room up on these cold December days.xxx

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    1. Sue GarrettDecember 04, 2014

      It certainly cheers up the windowsill, Dina

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  7. ShirleyDecember 03, 2014

    Now, that is eye catching Sue - Congratulations on growing it on so well :-D

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    1. Sue GarrettDecember 04, 2014

      Thank you Shirley - the challenge is to get it ti flower again next year something I fail to do with my orchids,

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