Solomone Yellows and Variegated Yellows

craigr2006

19 years ago

Hi,

As I've read through these listings over the past year, I've noticed many of the members of this site seem to have very few Clivias, and they are almost exclusively orange. I've also found that individuals outside of California seem to have a more difficult time acquiring various Clivias at reasonable (for Clivias) prices.

The largest grower of Clivias in the US is Solomone's nursery. He distributes through Monterey Bay Nursery in Watsonville. He is best known for many oranges, but also yellow Clivias, variegated Clivias and his little Charm series. His nursery is a 5 acre greenhouse, and contains "600,000" Clivias in various sizes (seedlings to very large mother plants). I plan to visit his nursery soon (late July plus another time or two this year) and I'm wondering if anyone on this site has interest in obtaining some of these other variations of Clivias. I've worked closely with Dries (the moderator) over the past year, and I also frequently list Clivias on ebay under Ruggfamily if you need to look into what I am about. I also post on the Yahoo Clivia enthusiast site as well as cliviaforum.co.za .

I'm assuming many people paid anywhere from $10-30 for their orange Clivias. Most of these will be at the upper end of that range, or a bit over.

Solomone Charm - Salmon pink star like flower on a dwarf plant, blooming size (2gal). Also available with a yellow flower.

Solomone Yellow - Blooming size (2gal). Probably best picked out in bloom (March), but by the time they ship, the bloom will be spent.

Variegated Orange - More light sensitive. Less tolerant to direct light, but need brighter light due to less chlorophyll. Blooming size (2gal)

Variegated Yellow - Very expensive, but a very nice show piece when in bloom. Blooming size (2gal). If there is enough interest in these, I'm able to get a bulk discount.

Contact me by email (rugg1999@prodigy.net) for more information and pictures. You can get a guide of prices by doing a google search for "Solomone Clivias". Directly through the grower, I'll be able to get these for about 1/2 to 2/3rds the prices you'll see listed.

Craig

Sacramento, CA

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Comments (6)

beachplant
18 years ago
I know this is a bit late but if you do go to the nursery again I would be very interested in obtaining a few of these. Let me know.
Thanks!
Tally HO!

You're right these are impossible to find most other places.
craigr2006
Original Author
18 years ago
Hi,

I just sent an email.

Craig
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vancleaveterry
18 years ago
Craig.... I might be interested as well.

Terry
craigr2006
Original Author
18 years ago
Hi Terry,

Just foward your email address. I just visited the nursery again this past weekend. Very little was in bloom, but I'll be back 1-2 times during the blooming season. Have a great week.

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj154/Heronbayclivias/
Here is a gallery of photos I posted. The password is "Clivias."

Craig
rugg1999@prodigy.net
k0okie
18 years ago
How hard would it be to get a seed from a green flowerd clivia?? I cant stop looking at them, they're so pretty!
craigr2006
Original Author
18 years ago
Hi,
The best flower green Clivia is probaly "Hirao Green" out of Japan. He sells blooming size plants for $2000 (yes 3 zeroes!). A couple seeds recently sold for $50+ each for a cross between HG and a very nice green throat yellow. A friend of mine has a Hirao and has been very generous to share some with our local group. I hope to do a lot more with it in the coming year if she is able to provide more. The down side is Hirao is from a type 2 yellow. Most of the American yellows, as well as those out of South Africa, are group 1. This results in an orange with green or "bronze" in the first generation then a yellow with some to significnat amount of green in the second generation (10 years!) I do have 3 blooming size group 2 yellows which will hopefully bloom. I also wonder what happens when that pollen is put onto an interspecific as well as some of the watercolors. I guess the basic answer is, in perhaps 2-5 years, it should be possible for most people to access seeds from such a cross, but they still won't be cheap.

The other well known green is Charl's green. Only a few of those exist. An offset sold for about $5300 ($3500??) last year in South Africa. From what I've heard, it is probably derived/offset/??? from Hirao Green, but I really don't know.

There are other greens out there, but many are basically defective immature flowers that are sterile. There is a picture of one on my photobucket gallery under the "other" category. Hirao Green is under "friends"

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj154/Heronbayclivias/ Password "Clivias"

Feel free to contact me by email. heronbayclivias@prodigy.net .

Craig
Sacramento, CA