The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, in partnership with the Southern California Chapter of the North American Clivia Society, will present the annual clivia show virtually this year, due to COVID restrictions, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Saturday, March 6.
The presentation will feature beautiful plants and floral displays from past shows, including the top winners from previous years. You will also learn about clivia and their varied habitats in this virtual show, the Huntington Virtual Clivia Show of Shows.
For nearly 15 years, The Huntington has been hosting the North American Clivia Society’s show and sale in Southern California. There would have been the 17th and 18th show for 2020 and 2021, but because of the pandemic, in-person events have been canceled.
Instead, on Saturday, a slide show all day Saturday will contain information on the genus Clivia, the NACS, and pictures of winning entries from previous years, as well as other photos of interest.
The photos were compiled from various sources over time. Photo quality may vary significantly, although every effort was made to choose the best possible photos to represent the many years of shows at The Huntington.
Clivias are shade-growing, evergreen plants belonging to the Amaryllis family, with strap-shaped leaves arranged in two ranks with thick tuberous roots that don’t form a bulb. Flowers typically have six colored tepals (petals and sepals) along with six stamens and a stigma.
There are six species in the genus, all of them native to South Africa. Clivia flowers come in all colors, although there is no known pure white-flowering clivia yet. Clivias grow in dappled sun to deep shade and can take limited direct sun. They also tolerate being rootbound, so they can be grown in pots, as long as the soil in which they are planted allows the water to be free-draining.
To register for the online event, visit www.huntington.org/events/
For more information, call (626) 405-2100.