Hi, my name is Erin and I live in Ohio. I'm pretty new to clivia. I bought a small plant about 3yrs. ago, really not knowing a whole lot. This plant bloomed...
John, If you decide to go wild and cut off the heads of all non-variegated plants (out of variegated parents) can I have the figures of how many of these ...
Thanks, Ian. I was just wondering what the time lapse is between start of scape and flowering. I forgot to calculate myself so your notations of timings are...
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Hi John, How old was the mother plant when you topped it? I have a non-varigated clivia out of a varigated mother that I am tempted to do the same thing to. I...
Hi Chris I have been off the air for a while - I am recovering from an operation. I was very interested in reading all the correspondence on tissue culture. I...
Hi all, Also got a gardenii flowering for the first time. It was given to me a year ago in Johannesburg by a kind nurseryman, and transported on the plane...
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May 1, 2005 12:45 pm
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Andy, Cross your gardenii with the Japanese Red, and also the Japanese Red with the gardenii. You will increase the seed number you will get which will mean a...
Hi Erin, The only book is "Clivias" by Harold Koopowitz (Timber Press). I have troubles with variegated plants not staying variegated here in central Indiana;...
Hi Erin and welcome to the Clivia world. Buy yourself a copy of "Clivias" by Harold Koopowitz. You should learn all the basics (and some more) in there. Albert...
hi zhao,what chinese clivia seeds and plants do you have to offer. do you have a method to import plants into california, USA? i have been buying from others...
Hi All: This is Joe Dana from the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. Here is one of my favorite plants as well as flowers. It is planted near the front porch...
Ken, Many thanks for your quick response. Regards, Andy...
Andy Falk
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May 1, 2005 11:48 pm
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Hi Joe, Not quite clivia related, but Selene is the Roman Moongodess, if I'm not misstaken. Not implying you have to now re-name your plant - which is ...
I am Having trouble my email delivered to South African contacts i.e abbles,brenda Nuss,MickDower.Is any body else having problems. Rashid St.Louis Mo ...
Erin, Yes, the book "CLIVIAS" by Harold Koopowitz is your start. That will make you want to learn more. You should consider membership of a local Society. Here...
Joe, It does look as if it could get up and walk away - better clear a path for it to see where it goes! Cathy Grimes...
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May 2, 2005 1:56 pm
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Hallo Erin, Excellent suggestion by Albert, but as you are, I was a few Years ago a "Newby", to the wonderful world of "Clivias, I would suggest you initially...
Dickie Gunston
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May 3, 2005 12:09 am
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Hi Rashid, My emails to the Dowers seem to of gone through appropriately. Craig Sacramento, CA "A.RASHID QURESHI" <arashidqureshi@...> wrote: I am Having...
OOPS, You are right. Moon Goddess, not sun. This is what happens when I try to write articles without the benefit of my normal morning coffee. Ha Ha. Will do...
Hi Rashid, Yes, I am experiencing problems too. A few of my emails have gone missing, been delivered to the wrong address, delayed by a week or I have received...
Hi all, Cape News 6 is attached. Elsabe has not been able to attend to the design this time round. But we are fortunate to have Claude Felbert ( who designed...
Jill and Mick Dower
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May 4, 2005 1:21 am
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Hi friends, Attached are pictures I took this morning showing my Short Leaf Monk clivia plant in bloom. The widest leaf is 100 mm, longest leaf is 290 mm. The...
Thanks to many advices from this group, I gave a pair of Chinese clivias for my aunt to "carry" back to Canada. I labeled them as "indoor-grown" tropical...
Hi all The flowering plant is from a seed that I have momentarily lost all particulars of!! The plant for de-pupping is a good quality yellow. Regards Nick ...
Mick, Thanks for the newsletter. I see one my pictures made it in (the one with root rot). To give you an update, Dr. Spies diagnosis was correct. Following...
Hi friends, Attached are pictures I took this morning showing my Monk clivia plant with bicolored flowers (green center). Best regards Wu Jin from China...
Good morning friends, Attached is a picture I took yestoday showing my Monk x Daruma hybrid plant (also called Anshan Clivia, or Ribenlan Chuan--Japanese...
Yvonne here from the Gold Coast ,OZ Thanks for the interesting images, Nick Lovely clear colour in the flower. It is a real nuisance when the writing on the...
Hi all, My orders for Clivia mirabilis and for a few seedlings from the Cape Clivia Club plant sale arrived today, all in excellent condition. Can anyone tell...
Hi all, After cleaning some new berries I found it was quite messy and time consuming. Is it better (easier) to harvest the berries and then let them dry out ...
