Hello Folks. for anybody in Australia interested there is a bonsai seller on ebay Aus with some superthrive for sale @ $9.95 +$3 post for a 60ml bottle. Cheers...
Hello to everyone, I'm a new member of the group, and have had my Clivia for about three or four years, but it has just bloomed for the first time - I...
I would like to get some advices for the right cultivation of my clivia plants. I live in Germany. My older clivia miniata plants develop constantly yellow...
Hi all, I want to thank everyone who responded to my query about my South Africa trip. I have been so buys packing and trying to get ready to leave, I have not...
Hello Marilyn, You had a very good point pointing it out as in Group 1 plants. I think we are still somewhat stuck in the theory that if we have a colored...
Victor Murillo
murillos8@...
Aug 1, 2008 1:33 pm
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Hi Vivienne, Welcome to the world of clivias! I gather from your e-mail address that you live in Canada. In that case, your clivia has bloomed somewhat out...
Hi Eckhard, It is natural for the oldest leaves on a clivia plant to turn yellow and dry up occasionally, but not continuously. I think you are probably...
Hello Lisa, I seem to recollect that one is permitted to bring in 12? plants without permits. They must be totally clean, bareroot, and clearly identified(and...
Hi Lisa, copy and paste the following link and print out the page to take along. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/permits/permit_plantmaterials.shtml it...
Hello Vivienne, I am no expert, but cutting the stem would be unwise before ascertaining whether you have seed. If you don't want seed due to the plant being...
I had a good chat with my Hort. chemical guy, and he told me some very interesting news, of the 4 registered chemicals to deal with F/G one is found in Bayer...
Hi Lisa and all, I'm not sure if the 13 plant rule exempts the need for phytosanitary certificates with additional certification relating to nematodes (see...
Hi Jim, I'd like to thank you very much for your professional advice to one of my problems with the clivia plants. You're right, I have watered some of my...
Nice to know, Hugh. Can you put snail pellets directly on top of the soil of potted plants without harming the plants? If not, unless the FG liked the...
The chemicals leech out of the snail bait into the potting mix and kill the larvae. Snail bait has never affected any plant in my nursery., I broad casted it...
Geoffrey and Lisa: I import plants from Japan and before my wife had a permit i asked this question to USDA inspectors at LAX station about her bringing plants...
Hallo Jim (Shields), Your kind assistance please. I have a problem, with four of my broad leaf clivias.On some leaves, the tips start off discolouring....
Dickie Gunston
dickgun@...
Aug 2, 2008 3:28 pm
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Hello Eckhard, The plant that 'cannot get enough water' may be in a mix that does not retain water. Clivia roots are specialized structures that are adapted...
I discovered that "Mosquito dunks" work really well for fungus gnats. I break one in half or into quarters and leave a chunk in the watering can or reservoir...
Hello Vivienne, When a clivia flowers, one has a choice. Is it good enough to cross pollinate or not? If so one can pollinate the flower by hand with pollen ...
Hi Dickie, I'm not familiar with Marcrophoma, and I did not find Macrophoma agapanthii in a Google Scholar search < http://scholar.google.com/ >. Macrophoma...
Hello folks. Like many of us I have been after a copy of year book1 for some time. And like most of us I am resigned to never having one :-( My question to...
Hi Peter You can withdraw your resignation - your offer to make copies of YB1 1998 available to all is a kind one and we will airmail you a spare of ours if...
Hi Peter, I would love a PDF copy too. It would be great if all Yearbooks where available in PDF format. Cheers George... ... book1 for some time. And like...
Connie and James, That is so kind of you!!! Even to have it electronically would be so great! Last March a group of us were visiting Mr. Nakamura in Mobara. To...
Hi Andrew The Pretoria show is on the 6th and 7th of September, Sat 08:00 - 17:00 and Sunday 09:00 - 15:00. It is being held at Anton van Wouw Primary School...
... Hi Geoffrey, I'd like to thank you very much for your detailed and profound comments to my clivia cultivation problems. What you have described is very...