Mazhar Botanic Garden

Clivia cyrtanthiflora Lindl.

Eastern Cape bush lily

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000941
Common name: Eastern Cape bush lily
English name: Eastern Cape Clivia
Arabic name: كليفيا متدلية
Native: South Africa
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Evergreen bulbous plant leaves dark green, strap-shaped single flower stalk with a terminal umbel of the most wonderful orangey-yellow, pendulous, funnel shaped flowers These flowers are smaller than the more common C minata and more pendulous

Ornamental. Border. Medicinal.

Texture: Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds, suckers
Flowering time: Spring -summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.0-7.0

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