The seed pods stay on the plant for months and, on C nobilis, turn red. If you sow the seed immediately it's ripe it will probably strike easily. The seedlings take a few years to reach flowering size and seem to prefer being planted in wide/shallow pots rather than deep ones. I've noticed that plants I've bought from supermarkets have been extremely low on food. The leaves have been quite yellow, and there's been little soil left around the roots. They bounce back after being fed with an even N-P-K slow release (with a swig of orchid food - but don't tell!) If they're growing outside under trees, even in a pot, then the leaf litter and rain will probably be enough to keep them happy. If they're indoors, then I think I'd topdress after flowering even if I did leave them to become pot bound. PS - on the 'pot-bound' aspect - use a pot you won't mind sacrificing. Those roots really push hard on the sides of the pot! Cutting off the container is probably the only way to liberate the plant.

I have a clivia about twelve years old that looked like this one year when I procrastinated too long in the Fall, and didn't bring it in until a light frost hit it. I just trimmed back the leaves to the healthy part, and saw no ill effects. To be on the safe side, in case this is not the problen, I would moisten a cotton ball or cloth with alcohol and wipe off my cutting tool after each cut and dispose of the leaves in the trash, and not in a compost bin.

I can't help but wonder why some modular owners even post here? This surely must be beneath them to even have modular and manufactured spoken in the same sentence. This forum is named "Manufactured Homes", if modulars don't fit the category why on earth do you even visit, let alone post here? The reason is simple you want to put down those of us who have chosen quality and value over snootiness. Here's a news flash - your modular house is NOT better than mine, in fact they share the same gene pool. I'd be pleased to stack mine up next to yours, board by board and nail by nail any day of the week. I am so tired of modular owners saying things that are simply lies about todays quality manufactured homes. If you need to talk about 1976 mobile homes compared to your McModular to make you feel good you are way out of touch with reality. Lolitta - Actually today's manufactured homes do qualify for 30 year financing when placed on a foundation JUST like your modular. Please do tell me how your home is better than mine? Actually I think Nashua or Guerdon have built stacked manufactured homes, so you are wrong about that too. And guess what, my house will last just as long as yours since it was built with the same components as yours, standard grade lumber, wiring, plumbing, HVAC, etc. And like yours it was manufactured in a factory. Wow would that mean that your MODULAR is a manufactured home? Oh sorry, I didn't mean to call your house a dirty name. Am I defensive about the quality of my home - you bet I am. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. BigDee- We agree at last. "This is a great country but the American public is slow to educate themselves and slow to give up old myths and paradigms". NEWS FLASH - YOU are the one who needs to give up the old myths and paradigms re: manufactured homes. You need to realize that the quality M/Homes of today are far and away better than even 5 years ago, and YES even as good as your modular. Modulars and Manufactured Homes are way more alike than they are different. Many are built in the same factories using the same components, lumber, and construction techniques. My suggestion for those who don't think their McModulars fit in this category, stay away from this "trailer trash" forum.

Hi Emiy .. That bulb is a Hippeastrum.. Sorry I cannot help with its name. Most Clivia have lot of flowers in a cluster on a much shorter stem this is a Clivia below.