Knowing my dismal reputation for keeping houseplants alive, my father gave me a clivia plant. "It's perfect for you," he said. "It thrives on neglect."
Several years passed and the plant bloomed only once. "You must not be neglecting it enough," my dad said.
Then our 21-year-old son moved back home to keep house while his father and I were away in Africa for three months. When we came home, the clivia was in full bloom.
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