How to tell superior from inferior Clivia? Just look at the flowers and fruit

Most Clivia enthusiasts prefer Clivia with large, brightly colored flowers. The corolla comes in two shapes, namely the outward-rolled corolla and the spoon-shaped corolla. As for corolla color, vermilion (Huang Jishi, Chuncheng Duanye, etc.), bright red (Hualian Heshang, Guangliang Heshang, Da Lao Chen, Qingdao Daye, Da Shengli, Xiao Shengli, etc.), canna orange (Hualian Duanye, Yuantou Duanye, Heshang Duanye, Xiao Heshang, Youjiang, etc.), strawberry red (Hualian, Heshang, Guangban Heshang, Gongzhanyuan Heshang), and lotus orange (Ranchang, Xiguapi, Xiao Baicai, Xiao Youjiang) are all superior varieties. In addition, those whose petals glitter with golden light under sunlight are even more superior varieties.

Large fruit is better than small; shiny fruit is better than dull-colored; fruit with a distinct protrusion at the closing point (commonly called the muskmelon bottom) is better than one without a protrusion; plump seeds with a prominent embryo eye are better than small seeds with a blurry embryo eye.

In terms of shape, the fruit of Huang Jishi, Chuncheng Duanye, Da Shengli, Xiao Shengli, and Jinsi Lan is round; the fruit of Heshang, Ranchang, Heshang Duanye, Yuantou Duanye, Guangban Heshang, Hualian, Xiguapi, Xiao Youjiang, Yuantou, Xiao Heshang, Baotou Heshang, Gongzhanyuan Heshang, and Qingdao No. 1 is oval; and the fruit of Youjiang, Guangliang Heshang, Duanye, Qingdao Daye, Xiao Baicai, and Da Lao Chen is olive-shaped.