Susan, I'm not really sure how old that's happened to Clivia but my Hippeastrum reverted within a year or so after they started growing out variegated, it was quite sad, they looked so cool with the variegated leaves and SADLY I was hoping to have pictures of my H. papilio blooming with the variegated leaves. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Susan B <honeybunny442@yahoo.com> wrote: > I think the amount of variegation can also be affected by fertilizer type > and amount of shade. I had a variegated banana that used to burn on the > white parts, and I put it in some rather strong shade, the variegation > lessened quite a bit. The next summer it was in more sun, and grew much > more variegated. I've heard of others that used a high nitrogen fertilizer > and the variegated bananas got much more green. > > I've had some variegated Clivias for over 10 years, there is only one plant > that is not strongly variegated. None of the plants have changed variegation > amounts significantly over that time. > > How old and how many leaves did the Clivias have when they reverted? > Susan B > East TN > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >