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Clivia x cyrtanthiflora 'Nakamura Red' - An evergreen perennial with long strap-like dark green leaves to 24 to 30 inches long and in mid-winter develop full clusters of tubular trumpet shaped dark reddish flowers that start off as orange buds held vertically then open to dark orange and held horizontally then finally deepen to a deep red-orange with age and dangle downward on stout dark stems that rise nearly to the leaf tips.
Plant in a morning sun or and shaded area. We have found this plant is hardy to temperatures down to 25° F under the protection of trees. An attractive plant in or out of flower.
Clivia 'Nakamura Red' was a selected seedling grown at our nursery from seed purchased as "Nakamura Interspecific" seed in April 2001 from Connie & James Abel of Pretoria. It reportedly came off of a selected plant from Japanese Clivia breeder Yoshikazu Nakamura - for more information about this parent species and the other cultivars of it we grow see Clivia miniata. We were still building stock on this plant when we decided to close the nursery at the end of 2025 and so in 2024 we named the plant Clivia 'Nakamura Red' and first released our stock plants for sale in 2025.
The information about Clivia x cyrtanthiflora 'Nakamura Red' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.
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