Fair Orchids

Clivia miniata is an easy companion plant to your orchids.  It tolerates lower temperatures, and has lower light requirements (my dad used to grow Clivias under the bench with Paphiopedilum, taking them up on the bench only when they budded up).  For proper flowering, mature Clivias need cool nights and virtually no water from November through January or February, and only sparse watering till the flower stems are well clear of the foliage.  NOTE:  Small seedlings should be watered year round for proper growth.  For this reason, I no longer use clay pots for Clivias (they dry out too fast during the growing season).  With sufficient water & fertilizer, I expect that a majority of seedlings will bloom in 3-3.1/2 years from sowing date.

Here some of the plants I have available (001, 008, 009 & 018), and some selected for breeding (oo8, 009 & 024-055).  In the price listing below you will also find several seedlings from US seed. 

Additionally, I will start to offer seedlings based on seed from Utopia Clivia, South Africa, in October 2023 (1 year seedlings from 2022 test import, very limited quantities).  Seedlings from the 2023 shipment (about 250 seeds from several different breeding directions) will be released starting in late 2024.

               YTB = Years To Blooming size   DUS = Depending Upon Size   NYR = Not Yet Released for sale   NS = Natural Spread (diameter)

001     = Yellow, from Dragon Agro breeding program, BS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $45 each (3 available)

X003 = Orange bi-color, selfing of good bi-color (018 above), 2-3 YTB, US seed     $25-35 ea DUS

008    = Yellow with touch of peach, 2 NBS divisions will be available in 2024 . .     $100 ea

009    = Div of Conway's 'Elizabeth', orange/huge flowers (to 10 cm NS), 2-3 YTB  $65 (only 1 available)

X016  = Yellow narrow leaf x Orange Daruma = Orange/50% yellow genes, 3-4 YTB   $20-25 ea DUS

X018  = Orange, selfing of dwarf form, 4-5 YTB, US seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     NYR (April 2024)

X025  = Yellow/green (008 x Kyle's green) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     NYR (April 2024)

1 year seedlings from Utopia Clivia 2022 seed shipment (very limited quantities).  Seedlings are in 4" pots, most have 5-6 leaves (sown August 2022, photos below were taken Aug 15th, 2023).  In each cross, the individual seedlings are identified with letters, starting with 'A' on the left (X010-X014 2.1/2 years to BS, X015 3.1/2 years to BS):