Species · genus Clivia · Amaryllidaceae

Clivia

Clivia miniata (Lindl.) Verschaff.

Also known as: Bush Lily · Natal Lily · Fire Lily · Forest Lily · Flame Lily

Growth habit

epiphyte

Native range

Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces

Reference · C. miniata

Cultivars of C. miniata

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. miniata yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Clivia miniata is a fleshy-rooted plant from the shaded forest floors and slopes of southern Africa, where it grows in leaf litter and on rocky, well-drained ground rather than in full sun. Its thick roots store water and rot if kept wet, so let the top inch or two of mix dry before watering, and give it bright indirect light out of direct midday sun. A drier, cooler rest in winter helps it settle.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-18d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 18 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

10–24 °C

Soil mix

Rich, well-draining loamy mix with bark

Propagation

Division of offsets or seed

Fertilizing

Balanced feed monthly spring through summer, none in winter rest

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Bold orange trumpet clusters after a cool, dry winter rest

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Amaryllidaceae contain lycorine and related alkaloids, concentrated in the bulb and roots. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-18d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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