The journal
Daniel Pretorius · 6 min read · 1 Sep 2026
All six Clivia species grow wild in southern Africa. What separates a species from a cultivar or a colour class, where each one grows, and what habit and flower form mean for the grower.
Daniel Pretorius · 6 min read · 1 Sep 2026
From Red through Green, with green throats, bicolors and appleblossoms along the way: how the Clivia Society colour classes work, why a plant is only classified at the open flower, and how the catalogue filter follows them.
Daniel Pretorius · 5 min read · 31 Aug 2026
Ripeness, cleaning, sowing, warmth and the long wait: how a Clivia berry becomes a seedling, why the seedlings vary, and how each seed lot's cross is recorded.
Daniel Pretorius · 5 min read · 30 Aug 2026
What an offset is, when it is ready to cut, the clean-knife method step by step, and why a division carries its parent's name while a seedling carries a cross.
Daniel Pretorius · 5 min read · 29 Aug 2026
Every listing on this site is a record first and an advert second. Here is what each line means: the colour class, the cross, the maturity, the badges, the tag and the price.
Daniel Pretorius · 5 min read · 28 Aug 2026
The short handwritten code on a pot is a key into the seed register: the cross, the sowing date and the grower, recorded the day the seed went in.
Daniel Pretorius · 5 min read · 27 Aug 2026
Why orange is dominant and yellow recessive, why two yellows can make orange, and how variegation is inherited, explained plainly for growers.
Daniel Pretorius · 4 min read · 26 Aug 2026
Hand pollination step by step: emasculation, timing, transferring and storing pollen, the long wait for seed, and recording every cross.
Daniel Pretorius · 5 min read · 25 Aug 2026
Light, mix, water, feeding, and the cool winter rest that triggers flowering, plus a month-by-month calendar for South African growers.
Daniel Pretorius · 5 min read · 24 Aug 2026
A practical, seasonal guide to keeping Clivia clean: snails and slugs, mealybug, the amaryllis borer, and rot from overwatering.
