Native to southern Africa. Cultivated.
Pictures / BilderOther English names (not proposed):
fire lily
Kaffir-lily
orange clivia
September lily
St. John’s lilyTaxonomic citation:
Clivia miniata (Lindley) Regel, Gartenflora 13: 131. 1864.
Basionym:
Vallota miniata Lindley, The Gardeners’ Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1854: 119. 1854.
The name of the genus honors
Charlotte Florentia Percy (née
Clive), Duchess of Northumberland (1787–1866), governess of Princess Victoria of Kent (later Queen Victoria), & avid plant enthusiast, the first person in England to cultivate & bring to flower this genus. (So named by John Lindley, Botanical Register 14: t. 1182. 1828.) See:
English Wikipedia article on
Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland3452 - Amaryllidaceae