Clivia miniata 'Light of Buddha'
Clivia 'Light Of Buddha'
Clivia are herbaceous evergreen plants, with green, strap-like leaves. The flowers are mostly bell-shaped the colors ranging from yellow through to red. Some cultivars have variegated leaf patterns. Flowering time vary between varieties and some of these take up to about 6 years to flower. 'Light of Buddha' has variegated leaves, often with cream banding across the leaf blades, and flowers can vary in colour.
Contributed by @carolt
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Partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Clivia 'Light Of Buddha'
Latin name
Clivia miniata 'Light of Buddha'
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Amaryllidaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.60 M
0.45 M
Clivia miniata 'Light of Buddha'
Clivia are herbaceous evergreen plants, with green, strap-like leaves. The flowers are mostly bell-shaped the colors ranging from yellow through to red. Some cultivars have variegated leaf patterns. Flowering time vary between varieties and some of these take up to about 6 years to flower. 'Light of Buddha' has variegated leaves, often with cream banding across the leaf blades, and flowers can vary in colour.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Clivia are typically forest undergrowth plants, adapted to low light (with the exception of C. mirabilis from the Western Cape). If planting outdoors, in warmer climates, Plant in dapled light or in shade in moist and free draining soil. If grown in pots, plant in all-purpose potting medium or coconut husks. Plants can be re-potted when they are bursting out of their pot moving just one size up (usually, every other year).
Propagation
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Propagation is by seed or by offsets removed when repotting. Offsets are achieved by dividing the crowns after flowering and planting them singly in 13cm pots. Seeds are sown on the top of moist material in high humidity in spring and raised in a propagator. C. miniata, C. gardenii, C. robusta and C. caulescens seedlings flower after four to five years. C. nobilis will flower after seven or eight years. It is reported that C. mirabilis also takes about 6 years to flower.
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