Hi i am looking for a few clivia seeds. I dont have much to trade for yet, but im working on it! but would be willing to trade the seeds that i have, or send sase or sasbe for the clivia seeds. please email me back if interested. thanks whisst

Well Howard, lookee here, you want to go to Chicago. Lots of company. The thing with going back to NY rather than elsewhere, for me, is that NY is easy to get into and out of, I can do a RT in one day, don't need hotels, don't need to rent a car, don't need a pet sitter at home etc, etc, etc..... That and I don't feel like taking my vacations in the States going to orchid shows. If I'm going to go to the trouble of organizing a few days out of town, I want it to be well worth it. Albeit,it's fun meeting people from the forum. Not having Paul around anymore to take care of the dogs and birds, when I decide to disappear for a couple of days, just adds another "issue" to consider. At the moment,I don't have the energy.

I live in S.C. but lurk around in your forum frequently. I would love to try some if you don't mind sending them to a 'foriegner' :-). I will send you and e-mail.

I have clivia naturalizing outside. Most often the seeds have already sprouted inside the red seed pod. The tendril is indeed the first root. I just kind of help things along by peeling the pod carefully not to disturb the roots on the seeds that have already sprouted. Then I plant the seeds where I want them, just barely covering them with soil. If there is a root, I just make a little indentation to place it in first. Leaves sprout and before long there's a little clivia plant. I have half a dozen mature/blooming plants, but one of them seems to be especially fertile - produces most of the seed pods and viable seeds. Chris