Cultivation (dry shade)

In their native southern Africa, Clivias grow on the forest floor, with their long fleshy roots running under the leaf litter.

Miniata in full bloom in October under an open forest canopy	Caulescens on a moss covered rock
In countries with a similar temperate climate like Australia, New Zealand and California, they thrive in shady gardens that are well drained. They are also ideal pot specimens grown on patios, verandahs, shadehouses or indoors.
Clivias in a Botanical Gardens in California	Terry Hatch's garden in South Auckland NZ
In places like Toowoomba, (the Clivia capital of Australia), and Canberra with heavy winter frosts, they thrive under cover, hard against a warm south house wall, or against the trunk of an evergreen tree, or in moveable pots.

Clivias in a Toowoomba Street (Queensland)	Part of Jeanne Marten's annual display in a Toowoomba shopping centre	Clivias in my own garden
They do need a cool period of six weeks or so in winter, without which the flower bud either does not form, or the flower stalk is very short. Thus, for example, it is difficult to flower Clivias along the north Queensland coast, but they thrive on the nearby Atherton Tableland at an elevation of 1000 metres.