Clivia miniata Seeds | Clivia
LATIN NAME: Clivia miniata
COMMON NAME: Clivia
Plant Profile
Clivia miniata, commonly known as Clivia, is a handsome, evergreen, bulb in the amaryllis family, native to warm, shady places of the southern Africa, while it is treasured for its fine, trumpet-shaped flowers. In amaryllis family it is trumpet-flowered clivia of shady room, a plant whose neat ranks of dark-green leaves and bright winter heads have made it a household favourite. At maturity it stands about Sixty centimetres. Its open flowers are a reliable stop for bees and other pollinating visitors. Put simply, this is a rewarding species for anyone willing to give it a suitable spot.
Science & Biotechnology
As part of the amaryllis family, Clivia miniata contributes to research on plant classification and adaptation, while nurseries and gardeners continue to trial it for cultivation. Clivia appears in warm-region plant papers of the southern Africa, and botanists have mapped its place in amaryllis family and regional flora. It retains a following among breeders and collectors, which keeps seed stocks in circulation.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Clivia for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. In room and conservatory, clivia is orange-flowered plant of shaded corner. Its trumpet-shaped heads feed few insects that find them, and neat, strap-shaped, evergreen leaves give shade a fine, deep-green presence. It has become a much-loved flowering house plant across world, and it grows well in rich, gritty, well-drained pot soil of bright, shaded spot. Routine care after establishment is refreshingly light.
Clivia is a prized shade ornamental; all parts are toxic if eaten, so it is grown purely for its clusters of orange trumpets.
Growing from Seed
Raising Clivia from seed is straightforward. Sow thinly on the surface of a loose, well-drained seed compost, cover lightly, water in gently and keep the tray in a sunny spot with even moisture. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
It forms a handsome, evergreen, bulb, which makes spacing and siting straightforward. Established seedlings need little beyond ordinary attention.
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