General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Fire Lily
  • Natal Lily
  • Clivia Lily
  • St. John's Lily
  • Boslelie
  • Bush Lily
  • Flame Lily
  • Forest Lily
  • Thong Lily
  • Kaffir Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Clivia miniata
  • Synonym: Clivia miniata var. citrina

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-07-28
Kaffir Lily 005
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: My house in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-04-06
Second blooms of the year!
Photo by Charlemagne
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-07-27
Kaffir Lily 004
Location: North American Clivia Society Show, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-03-10
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-07-20
Photo by Traijin
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: late April 2014
Location: Dayton, Oh
Date: 2018-03-21
My Clivia Lily blooming just in time for Spring.
Location: My not-sunroom, Utah
Date: 2014-06-03
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2005-04-02
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-07-20
Location: Botanical Garden La Concepcion - Malaga
Date: 2015-03-25
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2014-01-29
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-07-20
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-02-07
Location: Houston
Date: 2013-03-23
Location: Barcelona, Spain |April, 2023 (uploaded. This image is much older)
Date: 2023-04-03
Location: Barcelona, Spain |April, 2023 (uploaded. This image is much older)
Date: 2023-04-03
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Dayton, Oh
Date: 2018-03-21
30 Years Old, Full of Blooms.
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2005-04-02
Location: At home - Indoors
Date: 2017-03-06- Winter
first time bloom of my orange clivia
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Barcelona, Spain |April, 2023 (uploaded. This image is much older)
Date: 2023-04-03
Location: Barcelona, Spain |April, 2023 (uploaded. This image is much older)
Date: 2023-04-03
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea
Date: 2005-03-15
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-04-03
Kaffir Lily 010
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Photo by ctcarol

Date: 2011-01-03
Location: Monte Palace - Funchal - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-14
As epiphyte in a laurel tree
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2016-03-21
Clivia Minata Seed Pods

Date: 2013-10-24
Photo courtesy of: MomentsForZen
Location: Home
Date: 2012-04-06 
First leaf showing
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-02-07
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-02-07
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: October
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-07-18
Took 6 days to germinate.
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-07-30
First seed leaf developing
Location: Home
Date: 2012-03-23 
Just starting to germ
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Plant Events from our members
Australis On September 23, 2017 Transplanted
Repotted today in Orchid mix as an experiment to see if it will do better than in soil.
MrsBinWY On March 2, 2019 Bloomed
Plant grown from 1-31-2015 sowing blooming for first time.
MrsBinWY On January 12, 2019 Seeds sown
3 - remove pulp, sterilize in H2O2 solution, press ~ 1/2 way down in potting mix w/hilum exposed (but not facing straight up), use top of fish tank to maintain even warmth - all seeds rotted
MrsBinWY On January 31, 2015 Seeds sown
from plant from Logee's
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