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 3-4 years from sowing date.

I refrained from offering Clivia while Piping Rock Orchids did so.  Since this nursery no longer exists, I have expanded into this genus.  The Chinese source who supplied Piping Rock has disappeared, so we can no longer obtain that range of dwarf variegated plants. 

I have managed to re-acquire a single plant from that program (#054 below), and have a few seedlings from a selfing (still rather small though).  Additionally, a friend, who was instrumental in the importation of the Chinese plants, kept half a dozen.  Those plants have not started blooming yet, but when they do I hope to obtain some additional seeds.

Further, I have obtained #055 as well as seeds from variegated plants (both orange & yellow) via Ebay.  As these plants mature, I will hopefully be able to produce more variegated seedlings.

Almost all the Clivias in my collection are non-standard in some respect.  A few were 'unknown color' (due to lost labels) seedlings from either Belgian or Australian seed; these plants are almost certainly standard orange.  The rest of the 2-4 year US seed plants currently available are:

• Selfing of a dwarf orange (X018), probably 2 years to BS.

• Selfing of a multi-tepal orange (X030), only 2 left, probably 2-3 years to BS.

• Narrow leaf yellow x Daruma orange = orange flowers, but genetically 1/2 yellow (X016).

• Selfing of a 2-tone orange (please see X003 [probably 'Conway's Ramona']).  I am holding the remaining plants back, so I can see them bloom; the first to bloom was spectacular (#063).

• Yellow/Peach x Yellow/Green (X025).  Probably 3-4 years to BS.

Additionally, I offer seedlings based on seed from Utopia Clivia, South Africa. The 2022 shipment is sold out.  Seedlings from the 2023 shipment (about 250 seeds from several different breeding directions) will be released starting in late 2024.  The 2024 shipment will have more greens; those plants will be released starting in late 2025.

The photos following below are a mix of breeding stock and plants available:

               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, 1-2 YTB, US seed . . . . . . . . . . . .  Please consult.

#008 = Yellow with touch of peach, 2 BS divisions are available now . . . . . . . . . .     $100 ea

X016  = Yellow narrow leaf x Orange Daruma = Orange/50% yellow genes, 1-2 YTB $30-40 ea DUS

X018  = Orange, selfing of dwarf form, 2-3 YTB, US seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $25-30 (April 2024)

024     = Good multi-tepal, 8-12 tepals, 4 off-sets will be available in 2025 . . . . . .   $75 ea

X025  = Yellow/green (008 x Kyle's green) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $36-50 (April 2024)

1 year seedlings from Utopia Clivia 2022 seed shipment are now sold out.     

1 year seedlings from Utopia Clivia 2023 seed shipment will be released in the fall of 2024.