Clivia roots and age to flower
J.E. Shields (Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:12:16 PST)

Diana,

Your clivia seedlings are OK. Clivia roots are covered with something like
the velum on orchid roots. Go to CliviaNet at:
http://www.clivianet.org/ and follow links through "Cultivation" to Loukie
Viljoen's tutorials on starting Clivia from seed,
at: http://www.clivianet.org/LoukieViljoen.html where you will find lots
of images of clivia seeds starting to turn into seedlings.

Clivias can take from 3 to 9 years to reach flowering from seed, depending
on the species or strain you are growing. Clivia nobilis is probably the
slowest growing species. The Belgians are pushing the Belgian Hybrids
strain to flowering in just 18 - 24 months. This is being done through a
combination of selective breeding and cultural methods.

Regards,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana, where the new Clivia greenhouse is at least framed in
steel.

At 03:16 PM 11/24/2004 -0800, you wrote:

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