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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 displayed on this page about Clivia x cyrtanthiflora 'Nakamura Red' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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