Help! Any advice would be appreciated in this (my first) attempt at separating/repotting my Clivia. It's an ordinary orange one and I just love it and don't want to kill it. It was gifted to me a few years ago...no care instructions included. If you have first-hand experience at this your input would be of tremendous help. Thanks in advance.

Don't divide it. Stick it back in the pot. If you absolutely must pot up, choose a pot not much bigger than the one its in and then don't expect it to bloom again until the roots are jam packed like they are now.

Really?! I've heard it's a common misconception that plants 'like to be root-bound'. Do you grow Clivia?

Yes. This one hasn't been repotted for years.

janinilulu said:Really?! I've heard it's a common misconception that plants 'like to be root-bound'. Do you grow Clivia?

This may read like I'm being a poop, but I'm just asking a question .

I'll second what Daisy said. These really do need to be crowded to bloom. I have five of them.

Would you ladies mind sharing more pics of your plants? Mine is currently in a 10" pot and *the leaves are nearly 2.5' tall. The bloom is beginning to decrease, which is why I'm thinking it needs repotting/dividing.

Sorry...I didn't take any new photos of mine in the last couple of years, but the three on my porch are all in 12" pots, and the two under the lemon tree are in 1 gal. nursery pots (one rooted to the ground). That one rooted to the ground is the smallest, and bloomed for the first time this spring. I can see I need to up pot the two small ones and add some soil to one on the porch. I don't think I've ever fed them. I think you could up pot yours to a 12" pot. I wouldn't mess with the roots though. Just plop it in the next size pot and fill with new mix. And don't set it on the dirt...

ctcarol said:Sorry...I didn't take any new photos of mine in the last couple of years, but the three on my porch are all in 12" pots, and the two under the lemon tree are in 1 gal. nursery pots (one rooted to the ground). That one rooted to the ground is the smallest, and bloomed for the first time this spring. I can see I need to up pot the two small ones and add some soil to one on the porch. I don't think I've ever fed them. I think you could up pot yours to a 12" pot. I wouldn't mess with the roots though. Just plop it in the next size pot and fill with new mix. And don't set it on the dirt...

I'm in Connecticut, so I doubt there's any danger of it rooting into the ground

Daisy, that's a heck of a gorgeous Clivia