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...
Keep those seeds then! From: lobsterclaw@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lobsterclaw@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sherryballester Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2009...
Thank you, Rob. Beautiful photo, but mine is still something quite different. I really appreciate your help! :) Sherry B. ... From: Rob <rob@...> ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hi hkc, Congratulations for your success in growing the xanthovillosa. I live in Johor Bahru (about a couple minutes driving from Singapore). My xanthovillosa...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
H fragilis? ________________________________ From: Bruce <brucedunstan@...> To: lobsterclaw@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 31 October 2009 7:20:11 ...
Hi All, I'd like to know if someone can help me find seeds of the following species: Â - heliconia becknerii - heliconia imbricata x lathispatha jose abalo -...
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...
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...
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