It is a plant of African origin, evergreen, the species Minata has medium size its height does not exceed 40-50 cm. Has large flowers of cbright orange color, open and facing upwards, the flowering, here in Italy, it happens in the Spring period. The leaves, typical of the species, are long and curved outwards and have a intense green color. In the winter season the plants still bear temperatures a few degrees above 0 ° C. The important thing is not to expose them to freezing at all. For a good flowering in spring we advise you to keep them in the cold never freezing, in a dark area and without watering for the winter months.

CARE

Choose for her a universal soil mixed with sand coarse to promote drainage, essential for its care. When repotting, the pot should not be too large, at most 20 cm in diameter. Her ideal temperatures it is around 21 ° C during the summer and 13-15 ° C minimum during the winter. Find her a place at light but away from direct sunlight.

A good method for understand his need for light is to settle with the arrangement of leaves: the more they are arranged vertically, the more the plant needs light. This evergreen loves the air, not cold drafts, and can be placed outdoors when temperatures exceed 15 ° C. In temperate climate zones you can choose for outdoor cleavages in a particularly protected location. Water it abundantly from spring to autumn, the topsoil must remain constantly humid but remember to avoid stagnation in the saucer. During the winter months, reduce irrigation and water moderately, in this period it is necessary to limit yourself to keeping the soil just moist. When watering pay special attention to leave no water residue in the central part of the rosette of leaves. Nebulize leaves regularly and to keep the environment moist, you can place the plant on a saucer filled with pebbles and water. Fertilizer Clivia every 5 days from spring to the end of summer with liquid fertilizer diluted in irrigation water. Eliminate dried flowers and at the end of flowering cut it with a sterile shear all the flower stem from the base. It also eliminates damaged leaves.

CURIOSITY`

These plants develop a large root system by rapidly depleting the earth in the pot, however it does not require frequent repotting which, among other things, would affect flowering.