I spent the past 2 days hulling Clivia seed pods, and finally ended up with 1896 seeds...now to plant them...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata5.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata7.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata6.jpg

Can I ask what does a clivia grow up to be G?

:)
http://www.slipperorchidforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1505&highlight=clivia

Gideon, I think the seeds are pretty! They remind me of pomegranate seeds.
Happy sowing, that should keep you busy for a while, I'd imagine.

I'm glad my haul was nothing close to that. Great work!
What kind of seed is it? Just straight miniata or hybrids?

Jon

I spent the past 2 days hulling Clivia seed pods, and finally ended up with 1896 seeds...now to plant them...


Wow, I'm not sure that I could count that high :shock:

Gideon,

That must have taken a very long time and an incredible amount of patience to hull all of those pods. Hope you had good music and good beer while you were doing this! :)

What happens next? Do you have to let the seeds rest and/or dry out, or can you sow them right away? Also, do you sow them in pots or outdoors???

What do the flowers look like?

Gideon,

I too am curiouse as to what you do from there!

thanks

Is this your website I found on line about Clivia ? I tried growing the Clivia miniata not much luck . :(

http://www.clivia.sa.cx/

OK (Closes eyes & jumps in) the blooms on this look like that of an amaryllis to me. Are they related? Even very distantly?

All I know about amaryllis, is that in the US, we buy bulbs. But can they also be propogated by seed? The flowers I saw on the web link were smaller and more plentiful than the typical amaryllis we see in the states, but the form and the shape look very similar.

I know I must be way off base!! Help!!!

That's some haul of seeds alright. I have to grow my Clivia indoors (flowers in May here). I really like some of the other colours (besides orange w/ yellow) but I haven't seen any available here in Canada. You must have a large border of these plants to pull in a haul like that.
Shaun

Susan,
Clivia and Amaryllis are pretty closely related, and both are in the Amaryllidaceae. Clivia are without bulbs and form fleshy seeds, where Amaryllis produce flat papery black seeds. I have some almost two year old Amaryllis seedlings from a hybrid I made, should be interesting. They grow very slowly, probably 4-5 years from seed to flower so that's probably why you don't see seed for sale too often.

Jon

what we typically call amaryllis aren't true amaryllis
they're hippeastrum
(which, until a few seconds ago, i thought was called hippo-eastrum. i like hippo- better. maybe i'll stick with it)

Gideon,

I too am curiouse as to what you do from there!

thanks

Well the seeds are planted in palm peat or potting compost in seed trays.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/clivia_seeds.jpg

I then cover the seeds with wood shavings
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata10.jpg

A few days later they germinate, and a few weeks after that the leaves start comming through the wood shavings
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata9.jpg

A year later they are about this size
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata8.jpg

They are then moved to individual pots or bags
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata13.jpg

And hopefully they turn out like the following clivias
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata14.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata4.jpg

Clivias rival orchid growing in South Africa, with more and more Chinese varieties becomming available
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata11.jpg

What happens next? Do you have to let the seeds rest and/or dry out, or can you sow them right away? Also, do you sow them in pots or outdoors???

What do the flowers look like?

Once the seeds are out of the mature pods, they are washed in water and an anti-septic dishwashing liquid and planted right away

I'm glad my haul was nothing close to that. Great work!
What kind of seed is it? Just straight miniata or hybrids?

Jon

These are mixed hybrids, ranging from varigated, red, umbles with 45 flowers, light orange and peach.

Is this your website I found on line about Clivia ? I tried growing the Clivia miniata not much luck . :(

http://www.clivia.sa.cx/

No, it is a fellow South African Clivia enthusiast...same name though

Susan,
Clivia and Amaryllis are pretty closely related, and both are in the Amaryllidaceae. Clivia are without bulbs and form fleshy seeds, where Amaryllis produce flat papery black seeds. I have some almost two year old Amaryllis seedlings from a hybrid I made, should be interesting. They grow very slowly, probably 4-5 years from seed to flower so that's probably why you don't see seed for sale too often.

Jon

The seedlings look very similar...Susan, Amaryllis is deciduous and Clivia evergreen
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/thomasriver/Clivias/cliviaminiata12.jpg

wow
i ain't never seen such lovely clivia

Wow, this is so timely!-I work at a garden center p/t & going in this morning, I noticed 2 large plants on a cart outside the door. I asked my boss what they were & his answer was 'clivia miniata, the boss's personal plants, brought in to be repotted' & then gave me an impromptu lesson on bloom color, size, & told me they get rather large, so I should stick with orchids...thanks for the photos, that's alot of seeds you have there!