First winter with a Clivia... Need advice!

6 years ago

Im gona try to make this a short story! A few months ago someone gifted me a clivia he just divided so it had no roots. To sum up the summer....

Yellowing leaves and leaf tips emerged and the leaves were folding in half lengthwise and eventually flopping forward. Both problems seem to have resolved after repotting with special soil and (just recently) scraping off a layer of soil thinking that might be the cause of the folding (I couldn't find a thing online about the folding, I'm still not sure if this is a coincidence or the cause). Also, it was given to me with a seed pod on a stem. I just cut it off when I removed the soil bc it never seemed to dry up like I expected.

1. Bc of the yellow and floppy leaves I've had to cut off quite a few. What it's left with is uneven. Should I make it even now?

2. Think she will flower? (I read online it has to be a minimum age and have a minimum AMT of leaves-which might be the amt since birth or at the moment, idk) I ask bc...

3. I just brought the plants in for winter. Should I give it a rest period? Does that not apply if it is not going to flower?

4. If a resting period is necessary do I water her at all? I know a cool room but how dark?

5. Is it potted too shallow now?

I'm more interested in her health than in getting a pretty bloom. Here's a Couple pics. Thanks in advance!!!

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rusty_blackhaw
6 years ago
Looks pretty healthy for a plant described as having no roots initially (a decent division should have some roots).

It might or might not have recovered sufficiently to flower after a dormant period. You might try letting it go without water for a month or so, then keep watering infrequent until February or so when days are lengthening.

A cool rest is important for most hybrids (I let mine stay outdoors until temps were down in the 30s, even to 32F for a few, and some will get a supplemental cool but frost-free dark period in the garage for a couple of weeks).
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