Not exactly easy to care for, but very decorative and flowering more and more luxuriantly over time, the clivia is an extremely attractive houseplant. With a little skill and patience, propagation is not as difficult as you might think.

The clivia must be pollinated if it is to produce seeds

Propagation by cuttings

The easiest way to propagate the clivia is through cuttings or better so-called Kindel. These are side shoots that grow directly out of the root as independent plants. If they are about 20 to 25 centimeters tall, they can be separated from the mother plant.

Be sure to use a sharp knife for this and be careful not to injure the children or the old plant. Put the children individually in flower pots with a peat-sand mixture or a mixture of potting soil and sand/peat and place the pots in a bright spot that is protected from the midday sun. The young plants are still quite sensitive and could easily burn in the sun.

Water your young offshoots only moderately at first and let the substrate dry a little between watering. Fertilizer is not necessary at this time. As soon as the roots begin to grow out of the pot, you should repot your clivia. Now they can be planted in good compost or commercially available potting soil.

Propagation by seeds

If you want to grow clivia from seed, then you should have a lot of patience. It can take up to five years from sowing to the first flower. Even the ripening of the seeds can take quite a long time.

The subsequent sowing is child's play, so to speak. Remove the already germinating seeds from your clivia and gently press these seeds into fresh seed compost. Keep this soil slightly moist. However, wetness should not occur, otherwise the seeds will rot easily.

Propagation of the Clivia in brief:

  • Sowing quite tedious, but easy
  • fairly easy to pull from offshoots
  • Peat-sand mixture for young plants, compost for older clivia

tips

If you would like to have a new flowering clivia very soon, then pull your young plant from the offshoot of a clivia that has just finished flowering.

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Indoor plants