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Old 15-07-2004, 06:09 AM
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default Clivia/Kaffir Lily


In article ,
"Bob Hobden" writes:
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| Our Clivia is decades old and has, in the past when it was my mothers, been
| grown in a S. facing greenhouse in full sun just 200yds from the S. coast
| without problems. It is now in our NNE facing lean-to greenhouse and only
| gets full sun for a couple of hours at first light.
| In both cases it was/is at the back of the greenhouse away from the front
| glass, and in both cases there was no burn to the leaves and it has always
| flowered well.

Thanks very much. Interesting. That rather confirms my hypothesis
that burning under glass is a heat reflection effect rather than
being a sun strength one per se.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.