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Clivia, alias sword leaf Lycoris, Lycoris macrophylla, is the ornamental flowers of the genus Clivia in the family Lycoriaceae. Originated in southern South Africa, the next to introduce you to Clivia cultivation.

Clivia breeding method

Clivia suitable for use with humus-rich soil, this soil permeability is good, water permeability is good, and fertile soil, with slightly acidic (PH6.5). Infiltration of about 20% sand in humus soil can help to raise roots.

Many flowers are fertile, but there is also a limit to fertilization of fertile flowers. Excessive fertilization will be detrimental to growth, and even become a plant rotten root or scorched. Clivia also belongs to this kind of plant, must achieve appropriate fertilization. Clivia has a more developed fleshy root, which stores a certain amount of water. Therefore, this flower is more drought-tolerant. However, drought-tolerant flowers can not be seriously water shortage, especially in summer high temperature plus dry air conditions can not forget to water in time, otherwise, the roots and leaves of flowers will be damaged, resulting in new leaves can not germinate, the original leaves are scorched, not only affect flowering, but also cause plant death.

Clivia most suitable growth temperature is 15-25℃, 10℃ stop growth, 0℃ by freezing damage, so, winter must be kept warm antifreeze, after the flower stem out, maintain 18℃ or so is appropriate, the temperature is too high, leaves, flower moss long thin, flowers small quality poor, flowering short; and the temperature is too low, flower stem short, easy to clip arrows premature (flowering), affecting quality, thus reducing ornamental value.

Introduction to Clivia varietals

Clivia miniata

Clivia grandiflora is perennial herb, root is white, unbranched. Leaves neatly arranged in fan shape, evergreen. Flowers shaped like trumpets, usually orange or red, with a yellow-white inner core. Of course there are other colors.

Clivia pendula

The growth cycle of Clivia verticillata is extremely long, generally taking about 10 years. The leaves are hard and thick, banded, about 300~800mm long, 25~50mm wide, and the leaf ends are very blunt. There are usually 20 to 26 flowers, which are drooping. The color is mostly dark orange, and the flower tip is green. Its fruit usually has about 2 seeds, the pericarp is red, and the maturity period is 9 months.

garden clivia

The height of garden clivia is generally 80~130 mm. The leaves are bright green, 350~900mm long, 25~60mm wide, and pointed. Long flowering, from late autumn to winter. The color is orange, but there are other colors from yellow to red, and the flower tip has a very obvious green color. The flowers droop in an arc. Each berry contains 1 - 2 seeds and the fruit ripens in 1 ~ 2 - 15 months.

Clivia Price

Clivia is divided into many varieties, Clivia seedlings (5--30), flowering Clivia (50+), good varieties of Clivia (Clivia that depends on the variety of good points there are thousands of general prices between 50 and 150, or higher). The price of clivia is determined by its quality. To judge whether a Clivia is good or bad can be distinguished from four aspects such as brightness, fineness, rigidity and thickness.

1. Brightness refers to the degree of reflection on the surface of the leaves, which is in turn: oily, bright, bright, slightly bright and not bright.

2. Exquisite degree refers to the degree of smoothness and fineness of leaf surface, which is as follows: delicate, relatively delicate, generally delicate, relatively rough and rough.

3. Stiffness refers to the degree of bending resistance of the blade as a whole or understood as the degree of bending rather than bending, which is strong, strong, weak and weak in turn.

4. Thickness refers to the thickness of leaf mesophyll in cross section. The smaller the difference between leaf edge and middle thickness, the better. The order is: 2.2mm, 2mm, 1.8mm, 1.6mm, 1.4mm.

The above is the introduction to the cultivation method of Clivia, I hope you can like it.