Hi Years ago, I had poor luck germinating clivia. Very bad because I paid $2-4 each plus shipping from South Africa. When I complained to Silverhill about the bad seeds they were sending me, it turnd out I had bad sowing advice. Some website had said to sow them in the dark so that's what I was doing. Silverhill corrected my error. I had sowed them two months previously so they were kept moist in a ziplock. I had taken them out to my lanai with the idea of dumping these "bad" seed and had stuck the cell inserts on a shelf for two weeks until I got around to throwing them in the compost heap. Of course they were getting light now. When Silverhill told me what I doing wrong, I rushed out to bring them back inside and lo and behold , the two weeks in the light was a enough to get them started. With all the talk of seeds germinating willy-nilly, I went googling to see what was being said about clivia right now and there is still advice being given about starting them in the dark ! What saved them for the two months was that they were being kept moist. It is suggested that the seeds be refrigerated and I am wondering if that is necessary as long as they are kept moist and in the dark ( when apparently they need light to spout). Cherry G