PlantFiles: Clivia
Clivia cyrtanthiflora

C. cyrtanthiflora should not be kept wet at all. It should be grown in a fast draining mix of potting soil, orchid mix, and pumice. Instructions are incorrect on watering. Allow to dry between watering. These plants have roots more like orchids and live in well shaded, dry conditions. Allow pods to stay on the plant for about 7 months before harvesting. Seeds must be removed from the pod and cleaned. You can store them for a few months in the refridgerator in a sealed container but they do not keep more than a few months. Best sown fresh.Treat with fungicide and surface sow. Once the root is about half an inch long poke a hole in the planting soil and put the root in the hole unless it has already found its way into the planting medium. Do not over water. Soil only moist never wet. Tender and fragile for the first year. Subseptable to damping off, treat with terrazole at first sign. Pretreat planting medium. They need a chill period (8 weeks) in the winter of about 50 degrees F. to initiate flower bud.

Clivia cyrtanthiflora is the name given to hybrids between Clivia miniata and Clivia nobilis.