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Clivia nobilis
Also called Cape Clivia, Eastern Cape Clivia, Noble Bushlily, Red Bush Lily
Clivia nobilis is an evergreen perennial from South Africa's Eastern Cape, grown for its pendent clusters of red and yellow trumpet flowers tipped with green. It is usually grown as a houseplant in temperate regions and needs a minimum of about 10 °C.
Clivia nobilis, the green-tip forest lily, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clivia, of the family Amaryllidaceae, native to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It grows to about 38 cm (15 in). It has evergreen strap-shaped leaves, and bears pendent umbels of multiple narrow, trumpet-shaped, red and yellow flowers, tipped with green.
At a minimum temperature of 10 °C (50 °F), in temperate regions it is normally cultivated as a houseplant. Like its relative C. miniata It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
