Clivia Register Detail
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Registrant Contact
Registration ID: 1609
Registrant: Duncan Mathie
Country: South Africa
Cultivar Information
Cultivar Name: Buttercup
Species: Clivia miniata
Breeder: Hodge Amemiya
Record: Registered Cultivar
Description: Buttercup was a seed grown by Geoff Meyer of Pretoria. It was acquired in a batch from Hodge Amemiya of California, who was a good friend of Yoshikazu Nakamura, and they were known to exchange seeds and plants.
The seeds are from the “Flame hybrids” in Hodge Amemiya’s collection.
- BoS – at 1st Lowveld Clivia show.
- BoS – at 1st Polokwane Clivia show.
- Best Yellow – Pretoria Clivia show 1995.
- Runner up BoS – Pretoria Clivia show 1995.
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Photographer: Geoff Meyer
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Photographer: Geoff Meyer
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Extra Attributes
Colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Bell
Tepal front colour and pattern: light yellow edging, with broad, darker yellow central strip
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Administrative Info
Reference LF/2025