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My foofy for this Friday is Clivia, also called bush lily. It is a good alternative to other winter-blooming plants such as azaleas or amaryllis . The orange or yellow, long-lasting flowers are produced in dense clusters of 12 to 20 flowers on top of a thick stem that pushes up from between green strap-like leaves. It is a member of the amaryllis family and it shares many common characteristics with the more familiar amaryllis. Flowers are similar in shape, but Clivia flowers are much smaller than the trumpet-shaped amaryllis flowers.