More photos of my variegated clivia flower

Below are more photos of my variegated clivia flower. All photos were taken in white light or outside light to reflect the true colours of the flowers. In some I have used a colour chart to compare the colours of the flowers.You will notice that in some of the photos the variegation has become a dark green. The reason for this is that I have placed the plant for a couple of days in full sun light to reflect the true colours of the flowers and its petals. In nature most clivia grow in shaded areas under trees or bushes and the flowers easily get damaged when exposed to direct sunlight, wind or rain. When exposed to direct sunlight many flowers become darker like the blushes and pinks which might be an indication that it is not the true colours if kept in a dark spot. The albino flowers stayed white while the green variegated flowers has become darker and some of the lighter parts of the variegation has become a darker green. Two flowers had a few orange petals and some had a few orange dots on the flower petals. The orange petals are a little bit bigger in size when compared to the albino and variegated petals.

The photos below show the second bloom of this specific plant with more variegated flowers than the first bloom and with an increase in flower count. The flower stem is also longer. This year I have repotted it and it will be difficult to predict an improvement on the bloom in the photos below.

I believe variegated flowers are quite common in plants, but it is somehow rarer in clivia. So far I have two plants out of a total of 2000 flowering size Chinese plants that produce variegated flowers. I have never noticed or seen variegated flowers on ordinary clivia miniata. From what I have read on the internet, plants with an unstable gene pool produce variegated flowers and breeding with them can poduce a variety of different flower colours. Whether it is true for clivia must still be seen. Luckily this plant produce useable pollen on all the different flowers, whether albino or variegated or mixed orange/variegated as well as seed. The first year I harvested one seed and this year six seeds were harvested and planted in a separate pot to observe their growth rate and the type of flowers they will produce. I will appreciate it if someone who has done breeding with variegated flowers or has any information about the cause of variegated flowers can forward or share it with me at heingrebe@ymail.com