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Valentines day bud going to bloom

16 years ago

I have all my plants in my basement my noid is going to bloom today or tommorrow also my cliva has a bud. first time in 2 years so naturally I will be taking pics lots of them HAPPY VALENTINES DAY plantlover49

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rigo74
16 years ago
Congrats plantlover49!

What a wonderful Valentines gift this will be for your noid brug & cliva to bloom. I had a cliva that bloomed for me it was a yellow fading out to orange at the outer edges of the bloom, this was the most beautiful bloom I have ever seen. Enjoy your bloom and share some pics.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY :0)
Rigo74
chena
16 years ago
That is awsome!!!! Bet that basement is starting to smell very nice!!! Is it your Varigated Brug about to bloom???(fingers crossed).. Come spring I will be begging a piece of that(trade of course..)..Some of my NOIDS put on a much better show than others I have! Can't wait to see the pic's
Happy Valentines day to you!!!
Kylie
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daniellalell
16 years ago
Congrats Plantlover! Can't wait to see the pix! Well, I have no idea what a cliva is...looks like I'm gonna go visit google, lol.
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plantlover49
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks everyone.Daniella where are you I live in zone 6b also I live just north of cincinnatti ohio Kristy it's a yellow noid thats about to bloom. I have the varigated in peat moss for you.I think one is maya.when I bought it had no other id except it was labeled brug.they seem to be harder to bloom under the lights than the other ones.you don't have to beg just remind me when the weather gets better. Plantlover49
vaskirt
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Hey Elizabeth !! Good to see you. Happy Valentines to you. How is the grandbaby ?? I saw an orange clivia @ a garden shop today in full bloom, I had never seen one, so I was delighted. I wanted to buy it of course, but it was $45... No way. I came home empty handed... LOL Edna
plantlover49
Original Author
16 years ago
Edna.I got my cliva almost free, course nothing is ever free I use to clean house for a lady she had a green house so for house sitting for a week. she paid me & if I repotted her cliva I could have one.I have had it for 2yrs now & it's the first time it bloomed someone on the cliva forum said it had to be root bound to bloom.I had it in a bigger pot,so when I read that I repotted it in a smaller and with held the water and walla it's going to bloom.Iam glad I checked out that forum I was ready to pitch it out. It's to to see you Edna that baby likes his grandma thanks for asking he won't be spoilled though grin grin grin plantlover49
daniellalell
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Elizabeth, I am in Central Jersey. Glad to hear your grandson is doing well.
I googled clivia..o those are some pretty plants..Made it onto my must have list, lol. Especially the variegated ones. I love anything variegated.
Edna, Yikes! $45?? Wow. I'd have been pouting walking away from that one, lol. That's the kind of thing that keeps me bummed out all day!
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