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Posted by annabel__WA z3 W Australia (My Page) on Mon, Aug 2, 04 at 23:16
| The small Clivia I brought with me seemed to be rotting and the green stem falling off, so I pulled it off and stuck it in the pot, watered it with the others and it stayed green. Today it seemed to be sprouting new leaves, so I tipped it out and there were strong new roots!!!! The old bulb had rotted away, but I never thought I could get a new plant from that top!! |
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- Posted by Kayle Sydney Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 3, 04 at 3:02
| What a bonus! I did the same with some miniature agi's that I was transplanting - put some "rootless" leaves into soil, and to my surprise, they rooted and grew. I inherited cliveas when we moved into our house about 18 years ago. They are just lovely in flower. Last year I bought a cream......waiting and waiting for it to flower. So expensive! I hope yours flowers soon. |
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| I don't grow clivias myself, although they are very beautiful and (to me) very tropical looking. I was curious about your method of growing from the green stem - wondered if clivias had "true" bulbs or just "root swellings", if you know what I mean. So, I looked them up. You might be interested in the information on this site. I can just see you with a whole border of clivias. Happy propagating. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.clivias.com/articles/article014.htm
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- Posted by Mrs_B SA Aust (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 8, 04 at 19:10
ANNAbel...............you know what you have done don't you?
I'm in a huge quandary, do I wait until my cream one finally flowers or hack off all the leaves and pot them on so I can have 100's.
Details please, was the leaf all completely green or did it have a white base. Did you trim it first and what mix did you pot it in to? Is it in it's own pot or next to the parent?
See what you have started in my garden :o) Kayle you don't escape my thanks either, I usually grow aggie's by the heaps from seed. I wonder if they develop on much quicker from leaf. Wombat thanks for the site.
I can't wait to try all your ideas - thanks heaps.
Mrs B |
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| Sorry, Mrs B but thanks for cheering me up! It must have had the white base and did not fall apart. It was the whole top I planted. It's prob a bit cold here for Clivias-I moved south with it from Perth- but I thought I'd give 1t a go in the patio, and it cost under $5, well $4.95. I don't expect flowers for a while yet. Agapanthus seed!!! I finally managed to get some aggies growing from seed last year and just hope they are going to come back this year. |
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| My Orange Clivia has just finished flowering for the second year, and today I found a little one coming up next to it, Thanks for that link Wombat as now I know just what to do with it. But does anyone know why they dont flower,
I dont think it is too young or too old.
As it came with the one that does flower, and you would think that after two seasons it would, they are both planted in the same raised bed but at each end. MM |
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| Thanks for the link to the clivea site, Wombat! I've been struggling to propagate cliveas for years, and havent been game to cut off the "baby-new seedlings" that lack their own roots. When the days warm up I'll be out there with pin sticks and alcohol swabs. My seedling-grown cliveas dont flower either and I assumed it was because of climate. If they dont flower in Brisbane perhaps there's another reason. |
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| Re the Agapanthus seedlings - the ones I have have self seeded from the compost (and always pop up in the most unlikely places). It is much quicker to remove a bulb or two from an existing clump and plant out by itself. A single bulb generally produces two or three offshoots per year. |
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| Thank you Wombat your information on Clivias is very informative. |
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