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Author Topic: Clivia i.d.  (Read 704 times)

johnw

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Clivia i.d.
« 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?

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Re: Clivia i.d.
« Reply #1 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?
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Re: Clivia i.d.
« Reply #2 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
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