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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: johnw on July 09, 2022, 01:36:34 PM

Title: Clivia i.d.
Post by: johnw on July 09, 2022, 01:36:34 PM

A late friend went to Kirstenbosch about 6-8 years ago and bought seeds there. She gave several of us seedlings and the first has just flowered with a friend but she can’t identifiy it.  She says: "It didn't have a label so guessing from caulescens, gardenii or nobilis groups, Possibly a cross."  Hard to tell anything about the mouth of the flower other than pinched.Wonder if maybe you can help?

john

Title: Re: Clivia i.d.
Post by: Rimmer de Vries on July 09, 2022, 02:06:38 PM

Hi John
Are the leaf edges smooth or raspy?  Nobilis is raspy with a notch at the leaf tip.
Looks like a pale gardenii from here. But possibly a hybrid?

Title: Re: Clivia i.d.
Post by: johnw on July 09, 2022, 03:31:36 PM

Rimmer - The edges are noiticeably raspy  from the indented leaf tips down 1/4 of the way toward the base, then not noticeably so. Thanks so much. johnw