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4260
This is the only photo that I could find. It's from the Heliconia Society of Puerto Rico. I checked my plant yesterday and it has very similar markings to...
Rob
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Oct 20, 2009
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4261
Keep those seeds then! From: lobsterclaw@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lobsterclaw@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sherryballester Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2009...
Rob
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Oct 20, 2009
11:51 pm
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Thank you, Rob. Beautiful photo, but mine is still something quite different. I really appreciate your help!  :) Sherry B. ... From: Rob <rob@...> ...
Emilia Ballester
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Oct 20, 2009
11:54 pm
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Hi Group, My suspected H. xanthovillosa is now looking more and more like a H. regalis. (see attached picture)Sherry, when I got the seeds from you 6 years...
Victor Lee
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Oct 22, 2009
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Hi Victor, 'Barnum and Bailey' is much more hairy and has more intense coloration.... see it here: ...
Bryan Brunner
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Oct 22, 2009
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Hi group, I would just like to add that I had tried and failed when growing xanthovillosa in the humid lowlands and after about 2 years of re-growing them at...
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Oct 23, 2009
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4266
Very beautiful inflor! Almost no blemish nor flaw. What is the average low temp and the lowest temp for the year at this 600m elevation? Calvin...
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Oct 23, 2009
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4267
It brings to mind a ramonensis.... or its hybrid. Calvin...
xeen_sg
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Oct 23, 2009
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4268
They are very beautiful. Which part of Asia are you at? ... From: kuahkc <kuahkc@...> Subject: [lobsterclaw] H. xanthovillosa To:...
Victor Lee
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Oct 24, 2009
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4269
Hi Calvin, The average day temperatures are between 25 - 30 degrees centigrade and night temperatures are between 18 - 22 C. The lowest temperatures that can...
kuahkc
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Oct 24, 2009
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4270
Hi, The location is on the northern foothills at Mt Salak in Bogor, West Java in Indonesia. Very suitable for Heliconia cultivation......
kuahkc
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Oct 24, 2009
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Is the soil black volcanic loam? 18-22C at night at 600m elevation is what I have experienced at 1000m at Genting foothills in Peninsula Malaysia. Calvin New...
Isla Verde
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Oct 24, 2009
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If you have success with xanthovillosa, you should be able to grow the group including ramonensis, some pogonanthas, regalis..etc Calvin ...
Isla Verde
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Oct 24, 2009
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4273
Hello folks I managed to get some seedlings of H colgantea germinated, as well as H dielsiana (surprise surprise) in an equatorial hot hot and humid humid...
Isla Verde
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Oct 24, 2009
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Hi Calvin, The soil is something of that nature but mostly resembles well-drained top-soil. I fertilise using sheep manure and they do well on it. Yes, I think...
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Oct 24, 2009
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Hi hkc, Congratulations for your success in growing the xanthovillosa. I live in Johor Bahru (about a couple minutes driving from Singapore). My xanthovillosa...
faridah shafii
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Oct 25, 2009
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I could be wrong but I always tought that xanthovillosa liked cooler temperatures ? Luc ... From: faridah shafii <faridahshafii@...> Subject: Re:...
luc vleeracker
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Oct 25, 2009
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Hi Faridah My guess is that you'd need to have overall encompassing shade which enables the root zone area to be cool. Just one directional shade from a tree...
Isla Verde
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Oct 25, 2009
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Hi Faridah, If you have managed to grow this into a clump and it is more than half the battle won. I've struggled with seeds, seedlings, little plants that...
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Oct 25, 2009
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Hi hkc,   Thanks for the advice. I hope to see the real bloom one day. But for now I have to just admire them from images.   Thanks for sharing your  xantho...
faridah shafii
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Oct 25, 2009
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Hi Calvin, H. colgantea grows at sea level in Costa Rica. It should grow well for you. I am not having great success with H. dielsiana. It looks good one day, ...
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Oct 26, 2009
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hi,dont know much about colgantea,but isnt dieslsiana from a higher region? it is being grown/flowered in PR,but dont know with what ease? many of these,"so...
Gary Bernard
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Oct 27, 2009
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Hi Carla, Gary Thanks for your replies. At least I am getting the feeling that dielsiana is somehow (heat) hardier than the infamous xanthovillosa just by...
Isla Verde
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Oct 27, 2009
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Hello all: I was checking out the photos on the PR Heliconia cultivars pages and it indeed struck me that H longa and H stilesii could look so similar! Has...
Isla Verde
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Oct 27, 2009
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Hello Calvin, H. stilesii is officially differentiated only by the spacing and number of bracts. In the wild, H. stilesii is geographically separated from H....
Carla
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Oct 29, 2009
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4285
Hi All Just back from the bush in Ecuador with Carla, Angel and Dave Skinner. Attached is something we saw. A little quiz for everyone. What species ?. I've...
Bruce
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Oct 31, 2009
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H fragilis? ________________________________ From: Bruce <brucedunstan@...> To: lobsterclaw@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 31 October 2009 7:20:11 ...
Isla Verde
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Oct 31, 2009
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Hi All, I'd like to know if someone can help me find seeds of the following species:   - heliconia becknerii - heliconia imbricata x lathispatha jose abalo -...
Rafael Nunes
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Oct 31, 2009
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Hi Calvin You are the only respondent. Hopefully we will get some more. H. fragilis is a Colombian sp. We were close to the border while we were in Lita and...
Bruce
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Nov 2, 2009
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4289
Hello All, Victor in Singapore has a fantastic heliconia in his garden that looks a lot like H. regalis, but doesn't match in some important characters, such...
Carla
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