12 common ornamental varieties of clivia, which one is best to grow at home?

There are so many varieties of clivia. For the average flower lover, just keeping one alive feels great; for those with a bit more ambition, they want their clivia to bloom every year; and some fanatical clivia enthusiasts pay attention to the varieties themselves. Have you ever seen a clivia worth tens of thousands of yuan?

1. Clivia nobilis (drooping clivia):

This variety is the easiest to recognize, with its flower crown hanging down, looking very cute. There are quite few improved varieties. Do you know who it is used to mourn?

2. Clivia miniata (large-flowered clivia):

As long as the flowers are upright and the blooms are relatively large, it is a large-flowered clivia. There are a huge number of varieties.

3. Da Shengli

This variety has upright leaves that grow at a slant, making it easy to identify, and it is also a relatively easy variety to grow. It got this name because it came into the Shengli Park in Changchun.

3. Heshang Clivia

Heshang and clivia have an inseparable bond! It has many varieties, with great differences in leaf veins and leaf color. Look carefully at the leaf veins, and they really are quite distinctive.

4. Ranchang Clivia

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This variety has a relatively rough leaf surface with wrinkles, and the leaf veins have dense small lines. It has an inexplicable relationship with Heshang Clivia!

5. Fine-leaved Clivia

The leaves are very thin, and of course it does not grow very elegantly either, so it is called fine-leaved clivia!

6. Clivia caulescens (stemmed clivia)

(The one above is not a purebred either; it is a hybrid)

Its flower stem is very long, upright and straight, with leaves like drawn swords, and the flowers droop slightly.

7. Clivia mirabilis (wondrous clivia):

This variety has a white stripe in the center of the leaf, making it very easy to distinguish from other clivia varieties.

8. Clivia robusta (swamp clivia):

This is a very large-growing variety and can reach 1.8 m tall, with a very numerous and dense root system.

II. Improved precious varieties:

1. Round-headed Heshang type:

Its characteristics are a short and thick leaf neck, rounded leaf tips, and large, gorgeous flowers. It is one of the varieties deeply loved by clivia enthusiasts.

2. Round-headed short-leaved:

Its leaves are short and wide, with rounded tips, raised leaf veins, light green leaf color, and bright gloss. It is also very popular.

3. Old-school Heshang:

It was cultivated and selected by the monks of Huguo Bore Temple in Changchun, hence the name "Heshang".

4. Short-leaved:

Its leaves are short, with rounded tips, full of gloss, thick leaves, stiff and upright, and raised veins.

5. Yellow Technician:

Its leaves are waxy and shiny, green showing through yellow, with long vertical veins. The petals look as if dusted with gold powder, shining with golden light in the sun. It is an excellent clivia variety.

6. Oil Craftsman:

This variety was cultivated by an oil craftsman, hence the name "Oil Craftsman". Its leaves are bright, smooth as congealed fat, the plant is upright and elegant in form, and the flowers are large and gorgeous.

7. Wax-film Painted Face:

This variety has delicate leaf patterns, light leaf color, yellow ground with green veins or green ground with green veins, and a wax-like gloss.

8. Short-leaved Painted Face:

Its leaves are wide, short, and round, the flowers are bright, the veins are raised, and the plant form is upright. It is currently a very promising excellent variety in clivia development.

9. Que Lan (Sparrow Clivia):

It was accidentally discovered by a flower grower in Shenyang and has received widespread attention and affection. Its leaves are equal in length and width, and the leaf tip has a sharp point just like a sparrow's little beak, so people call it "Que Lan".

10. Heng Lan (Horizontal Clivia):

Its plant form is small and exquisite, and its genetic genes are very stable. The vast majority of its offspring have the characteristics of the parent, but it is very difficult to grow well.

11. Japanese Clivia:

Its appearance is ordinary, and it belongs to the clivia of niche flower lovers.

12. Variegated Clivia:

Its leaves are so green they seem about to drip, with a strangely beautiful posture, porcelain-white and dark green overlapping, giving a very beautiful and fresh feeling.

It also has many specific classifications, such as the following precious types!

(1) The markings on the leaf are white on both sides and green in the middle, or green on both sides and white in the middle, called "Fulun Dao". The price is around 10,000!

(2) The markings on the leaf are half white and half green, symmetrical, called "Yuanyang Dao".

(3) The markings on the leaf are evenly distributed, with clear alternation of white and green in a certain proportion, called "Cai Dao".

(4) The leaf has more green and less white, distributed unevenly in thin threads, called "Jinsi Dao".