Wow that's beautiful

Almost looks too perfect to be real!

Very nice

Does it require special treatment to get it to bloom?

Thanks everyone! Clivias just like amaryllis/hippeastrums (their relative) need to be fed during their growth period from spring till fall. Unlike amaryllis, they only need mild sunlight for them to develop flower buds. No light = no flowers. And like amaryllis, they need a cool rest of at least 5 weeks of 55F and below. When they are in this resting stage, they don't need watering or fertlizer. Just water enough to keep that potting mix from being bone dry and roots hydrated. With enough cool rest, a well fed mature and healthy clivia will bloom once you water it after the cool rest and expose to warmer temps (70F and above).

They are such such beautiful plants. I guess that's why my boss's plant never bloomed. He never gave it a rest from watering.

Genes also play a big role in any plant's blooming habits. There are clivias bred for the landscaping business (California/Florida nurseries have them). European/Belgian/French clivias are bred to perform and bloom as potted plants. Chinese clivias are bred for their leaf quality and form also as potted plants with flowering habit not given much importance. Japanese clivias are bred for their flower color and flowering habit for their blooming potted plant market in Japan. Here is a Japanese clivia in my collection that is currently in bloom.

And for those who want a clivia that will be beautiful all year round even without flowers, there are the variegated ones.

An impressive beauty!

Wow thanks. I am glad to see your plants. I bought a bloomed offshoot of a florid white lips and love seeing a mature plant.

Paul, it's nice to know that we apartment dwellers are not alone. My neighbour has a big happy healthy clivia. The leaves look wonderful and lush. The plant bloomed when she initially got it several years ago, and not a single bloom since. She's on the verge of getting rid of it, too.

LOve love love guys

@Nischa:. Trying to give them the cooling period in an apt seems to be an exercise in futility. Just wasn't worth the aggravation. (I have never been able to rebloom a Hippestrum either.) There are just some things one must enjoy vicariously through others. ; )

@Maria: Impressive number of variegates you have there!

Paul: you've articulated in perfectly! Fortunately, there are many other plants that thrive in our apartments. Nature has provided a gloriously wide range of lovely growing things so we can just pick something else that works, as we enjoy others' lovely Clivias vicariously.

I live in an apartment in NYC and keeping it by the window seems to automatically give it a cooling period especially since I only have northern exposure Windows. Could also have to do with the fact that I have 8 feet tall windows with poor insulation. Hot in summer cold in winter.

Interesting. And it makes sense that all apartments are different (exposure, temperatures, draftiness, etc.). I have (only) eastern exposure, with an overhang from the balcony above mine, and the building is well insulated so the temperatures are pretty consistent. Nice that your particular environment works for Clivias. And your windows sound great. I adore big windows.

Hello what beauty!!!!!!! You have an incredible green hand I would like to ask you about the pots for clivias!!! What do you prefer? Terracotta (clay) or an other material. Because I imagine that terracotta "dehydratted" roots with the contact absorbing humidity. that is why I don't use them with phalaenopsis for example. Thanks for your help.