Clivia Miniata
Clivia miniata
📖 About this plant
An elegant shade-loving plant that produces spectacular clusters of trumpet-shaped orange, red, or yellow flowers atop sturdy stems in late winter and early spring. The dark green, strappy leaves form a handsome evergreen clump. Extremely long-lived and easy to maintain, it thrives on neglect and prefers to be slightly pot-bound. A favorite of indoor gardeners for its reliable winter blooms.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Low to bright indirect
Every 1-2 weeks
Moderate (40-60%)
10-25°C
Well-draining, slightly acidic potting mix with loam, leaf mold, and perlite or coarse sand
Balanced liquid fertilizer (10-10-10) monthly during spring and summer; withhold in fall and winter to encourage blooming
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- South Africa — KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces, shady forest floors
- 📏 Max height
- 45-60 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 30-60 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Late Winter - Spring
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Orange, Red, Yellow
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Dark Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Slow
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — contains lycorine and other alkaloids; causes vomiting, diarrhea, and salivation
- 🌱 Propagation
- Offset (pup) separation after flowering, or seed (slow — flowers in 3-5 years)
🛡️ Health & Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs — contains lycorine and other alkaloids; causes vomiting, diarrhea, and salivation
Common issues
- Root rot from overwatering, Mealybugs, Failure to bloom from insufficient winter rest
💡 Care tips
- Produces brilliant orange flower clusters in late winter,Cool dry rest period in winter triggers spring flowering,Can live for decades and even be passed down generations,All parts are mildly toxic if ingested
