| Description | This plant produces clusters of orange flowers that are spectacular, and well worth the effort of growing this large, remarkably tough plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (KLY-vee-ah)(min-ee-Ah-tah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Flowering Plants |
| Hardiness Zone | tropical |
| Sunlight | bright to medium |
| Moisture | evenly moist during the spring and summer, dry during the winter |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | Average house during most of the year. In November and December grow on the dry side and if possible put in a cooler location. |
| Flowers | orange, lily-like in clusters on a long flat stalk, yellow flowering varieties availiable but are very expensive |
| Fruit | seeds are produced in a green fruit that turns red |
| Leaves | thick fleshy strap-like, two ranked (arise from the base of the plant directly opposite of each other), gives the plant appearance of a flat vase |
| Roots | roots are thick and fleshy, will fill up the pot and on many occasions crack the pot |
| Dimensions | I have had them fill out a 16-24" pot. Around 30" in height. |
| Maintenance | This plant prefers to be crowded in the pot, for best results transplant and or divide when the roots have filled the pot |
| Propagation | division of the crown, slow from seeds |
| Native Site | The Clivia are native to the shady forest floors of southern Africa. |
| Cultivar Origin | The plant was brought to England in 1854 and was named in honor of Lady Charlotte Clive, Duchess of Northumberland. |
| Misc Facts | Very popular as house plants during the Victorian era. |
| Author's Notes | I have grown this plant for many years in the greenhouses at Franklin High School and it is a remarkably tough plant. There were times when we divided very old plants, that were solid root masses and had to use a saw to cut apart. Repotted and they survived. |
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