Last fall I found this Clivia on a clearance wrack at Lowes, for $5! If you've ever seen those in catalogs, you know what a deal that was. It is blooming now!

Love that Clivia.
I have 5 Clivias, some are old enough to bloom but none are blooming.

Do you grow them in the ground or pots?

I have them in the pots. I withhold water in the fall.

I haven't done anything special to mine, and have seen blooms the last couple of years. My first Clivia is a typical orange one, given to me as a "pup" from a friend's plant. It took a year to get big enough and bloomed the next. This yellow one was from a sale wrack last year and bloomed early this spring. I also withhold water through winter, gave them a drink about once a month. In spring I move them outside to the shady deck where they receive regular watering, and fertilize them from time to time through the growing season.

Jan, do folks grow them in the ground where you are? If they're hardy there, perhaps try one or two in the ground and see if that makes the difference. They are gorgeous when they can increase into large clumps.

I haven't seen any clivia growing outdoors. Hmmm

What hardiness zone are you in? I believe they're hardy to zone 9b.

It's 10a but we get heavey rain during the Summer..

Oh, then you should give them a try outside! They don't mind moisture in summer, its winter when they prefer to be on the dry side. I can't recall where he lived, but there was a DG member who lived in southern Florida who posted the most gorgeous pics of big clumps of Clivia growing in the ground as perennials.

And I read something the other day about Clivia that may be the reason yours hasn't bloomed. The site said that they need a winter chill to set bloom buds, a few weeks in the 40s. Mine have been kinda hit and miss on blooming, but I think that may be why. Sometimes I've kept them in warmer rooms for winter, others I've kept them in an unheated room.

I was thrilled to discover buds on my yellow clivia the other day :)

That's awesome, Sue! Be sure to post pics as the blooms open :-)

My regular orange one has a few blooms, but the stem is stunted and the blooms are nestled among the foliage. I kept it in a heated room over winter, but in a cool, drafty spot. I'm thinking it just barely got enough chill to bloom, but not enough to develop properly.

There are two sights that I go to the www. clivia form { not on all things plants.} The other is Shield gardens. click on clivia.