On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:58:16 -0400, John - Pa. wrote:

Here is something that I am pleased with and have to show off. This is
a yellow Clivia houseplant that I have grown from seed, with its first
flower. This was germinated in March 2006. In case you are not
impressed, yellow Clivia are still unusual (the common ones are
orange) and although they cost a lot less than they used to, you can
still pay nearly $100 for a flowering plant. The seed is not cheap
either. I bought a package of 2 seeds for $20 in 2006 from Parks
Seeds, and they "guaranteed" that at least one would come out yellow.
Both seeds germinated for me, but the second plant has not flowered
yet. This specimen doesn't have the usual long Clivia flower stalk,
but I have read that this might be because I did not give the plant a
period of cool dry dormancy. I'll try that this winter.

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A real beauty for sure.
I have a pot of the orange that I grew from seeds. That is seeds from
my own clivia.
I have won a first prize for one of my clivia pots at the Phila.
flower show about 6 stalks and blooms. I started with a small plant
that I got from A Devon nursery for cheap.
The yellows are really pretty.