Hello, All There have been lots of gorgeous pictures recently especially from Ken on Bill Morris's collection. There has also been much praise for the...
Hi group members, Hope you enjoyed the images of Clivia I saw at Bill's place. He wanted me to acknowledge to you that the multipetals were grown from seed...
Dear Group, Sorry for the influx of photos from "downunder" but since it is around the peak of the flowering season for some people here, there is quite a bit...
Helen Marriott
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Oct 2, 2003 12:14 pm
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Hallo Dirk, Legend of Rabbit. Some five years ago Jim Holmes, owner of Cape Seed & Bulb in the district of Stellenbosch imported 2000 plants from Belgium. ....
Dickie Gunston
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Oct 2, 2003 12:18 pm
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My girlfriend wanted a Clivia really badly for the garden to get some orange colour into it. I eventually found one, and kind of liked it. I now have 4 large...
Hello from Toowoomba, Australia. I have flowered my first seedlings as a new grower and am very happy with the first two, a best red x best red and a 10...
ivanbaxterau wrote Cream X Self "Can anyone tell me what can I expect from such a cross ?" Ivan? You may get creams or orange, depending on the background of...
Hi all, It's Autumn in Indiana. We had our first frost this morning, starting at about 6:30 AM. We worked last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday getting all the ...
A few more different photos from Laurens: a miniature yellow (from Nakamura seed) (image 8), a green-coloured flower (10), and an interspecific from his own...
Helen Marriott
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Oct 2, 2003 8:36 pm
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Hi all, I have been keeping my seedlings under a fluorescent lamp (really an aquarium light with UV A and B output) on a 24 hour cycle to acelerate growth and...
Dear Ken, "Tango" makes me want to dance! James Comstock ... From: Ken Smith [mailto:cliviasmith@...] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:30 AM To:...
Jim Comstock
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Oct 3, 2003 5:06 pm
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Hi All The temperatures here have been all other the place and this is causing the Aussie Nobilis to flower again. his is one flowering for the first time. It...
Hi Mike You can score one year if the plants are giving light and heat and nutrition during the colder months, and why not experiment with earlier...
Charl Coetzee
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Oct 5, 2003 12:35 pm
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We didn't have much of a "summer" summer, did we, in the good ole U.S. of A.? Here in the east, we had just about 2 days over 90 this year. Everyone is...
Hi All I attach a j-peg of three Nakamura [Orange x Yellow] x Chiba Orange - each of these plants are the same age but grown in different size pots. They have...
Laurens Rijke would like to post a few pictures of his yellows and others in their company. These will be spread over two emails. Helen Marriott, Melbourne,...
Yvonne Hargreaves here from the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Subtropical climate, where we are still praying for the rain we so badly need. Thanks John,...
Another thought on seedlings under 24 hour lights. There is quite a lot of information on starting seedlings under round the clock artificial light with ...
Helen ......Thank you for the gorgeous clivia photos they took my breath away..Now I want a pale yellow. I grow only orange. Wrenbrook ... From: Helen Marriott...
Hi Everyone Further to Charl's comments : We had our NZ show this past weekend and I needed a bloom in a hurry. I hurriedly sent Charl a "Help Me" email and...
Hello group, Some great advice I recieved from an elderly (though not old) Clivia grower is to grow plants in communal pots. Most growers go from a seedling...
John Craigie wrote "I attach a j-peg of three Nakamura [Orange x Yellow] x Chiba Orange - each of these plants are the same age but grown in different size...
John My experience with pot size is similar to yours. I planted some 8-10 leaf yellows from 140mm pots to 430mm tubs with good results - Growth seemed to...
How's this theory - if the same plant is potted in a larger pot, it has more room to grow, hence a stronger root system, and stronger and larger plant,...
Would "untangling" the roots of that many plants on re-potting a problem? Possibly hurt or set back for some if their roots are hurt (even severed) in the...
