What Is the Narrow-Leaf Clivia? A Comprehensive Guide
The narrow-leaf clivia is also called Garden's clivia, generally produced in Hluhluwe in Natal Province, South Africa. It belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family and is a highly ornamental flower. Let us introduce it to you below.
Introduction to the Narrow-Leaf Clivia
The narrow-leaf clivia was brought back to Britain by Major Garden, a friend of the British botanist Hooker, and passed on to Hooker, who introduced it for cultivation in the glasshouse of the Royal Botanic Gardens. In 1928, Hooker named it C. gardenii Hook; we also call it Garden's clivia. Its plants generally reach 80-130 mm in height. The leaves are bright green, 350-900 mm long and 25-60 mm wide, very narrow and elongated, with pointed tips, and the red flowers have orange or yellow edges at the tips. This species is produced in Hluhluwe in Natal Province, South Africa.
Types of Narrow-Leaf Clivia
Narrow-leaf white-flowered clivia: it gets its name from the creamy-white flowers it produces. The characteristic of this variety of narrow-leaf clivia is that the leaves are very narrow, about 60 cm long, and its flower shape is a recurved lily form, very beautiful.
Narrow-leaf red-flowered clivia: the leaves of this narrow-leaf clivia are narrow blades, and the flowers it generally produces are orange-red and bright red; these are all new varieties introduced from South Africa, Japan and other countries. Its leaves stand obliquely and are dark green with no gloss, and the flowers it produces are funnel-shaped.
Narrow-leaf yellow-flowered clivia: because the flowers produced by this narrow-leaf clivia are yellow, it is named the narrow-leaf clivia. Its leaves are about 6 cm wide, the leaves have no gloss, and the flower stalks are thin; whenever the flowering season comes, it produces yellow flowers.
Price of the Narrow-Leaf Clivia
Because the cultivation of the narrow-leaf clivia is entirely artificial, it is very difficult to select superior varieties, and demand has exceeded supply on the market, which has caused the price of the narrow-leaf clivia to keep rising. Since the narrow-leaf clivia is divided into different varieties, their prices also vary. Generally, a small potted narrow-leaf clivia costs between 10 yuan and 20 yuan and is suitable for placing on a desk, while if it is used to decorate a home, it is suitable to choose some larger narrow-leaf clivias, whose prices range from several tens of yuan to over a hundred yuan depending on the variety. Moreover, prices also differ from place to place.
The above is an introduction to the narrow-leaf clivia. I hope you enjoy it.