Do you think it's just a case of creating conditions similiar to the leaf mulch they would germinate in in nature? In mulched areas of our place we get alot...
hi,i have tried to contact this company 12 times by e mail,with no responce,even said to them,that i have a friend in perth,who could ship,even if they dont to...
Gary, I think Bloomin' Kiamba is still operational, but the guy that owned it wasn't in the best health. However, I would be wary of purchasing Pastazae in...
I check with our local heliconia exporter Mark Collins nursery see http://plant-group.com/ who mention pastazae in his collector's list The nurserie is in...
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Hi, Jacqui, Calvin and all, Sorry I took a little while to answer your messages. About damping off, I'm not very sure that this could be the problem with...
Ann, Sorry for the delay, but I am traveling and don't have good internet access. If you haven't cut them yet, I think it is an excellent idea to leave them...
Thanks Brian, I think I will leave them. The heliconias that have breaks further up them stem that I cut are already reshooting. I'm not sure how strong the...
just for fun : a strange flower seen at the local plant market Somebody knows what it is ? Martin...
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Martin That's Musella lasiocarpa, an ornamental banana from Yunnan, China. A few years ago, it was very popular here in Singapore. David Bar-Zvi wrote about...
Nice pig fodder !! Thank you Martin Victor Lee wrote: Martin That's Musella lasiocarpa, an ornamental banana from Yunnan, China. A few years ago, it was very...
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Beautiful photo, Martin! I don't have the plant in my collection, but it looks like "Musella Lasiocarpa", better known as "Chinese Yellow". According to some...
Hi friends, Here is a photo of a H. wagneriana cv 'Turbo" whose inflorescence is emerging directly from the ground, rather than from a major mature pseudostem...
Hello Ray, That's an interesting inflorescence. I have a H. hirsuta that blooms from the ground sometimes. Here is a photo of a H. lennartiana which seems to...
Hello Everyone.. I'm an occasional poster here, and a constant lurker reading the great info. I am in love with Heliconia and am growing a good number of...
Hey Eric- Great pics of the heliconias you have up. I am in Melbourne beach, and trying to grow lots of varieties, many the same as you are growing there. I...
Hi Brian, There are producers of heliconia flowers here in Puerto Rico, mostly for local sales. As far as I know, there is only one grower who regularly...
Hector: Saludos! You have griggsiana seeds, and I don't. I have a LOT of magnifica seeds and you don't... Would you like to swap seeds? :>) Contact me offline...
Hector, Very interesting observation about seeds ripening in cut inflorescences. I have seen capsules turn blue on cut flowers in the house, but I wasn't sure...
Hello All Just in time... My first Musella Lasiocarpa flower.I still don't know if it is a Musacea,a Heliconiacea ore none of them... Have a nice week end...
Congratulations, Gary! You might even get a bloom before hurricane season sets in again! Okay, not funny, I know. I'm still waiting for my first H. griggsiana...
Musaceae (three genera - Musa, Ensete & Musella) but quite a botanists don't recognize Musella as a 'good' genus since the splitting fruit character is not...
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Sorry not sure what happened there! It seems to have alot of pink in it. Ann...
Gary, Ooops! Sorry! Who was I thinking of?! Those quakes won't hurt the H. griggsiana, unless you Southern Californians all slide into the soup in one big...
Ann, I'm still waiting for my H. bihai Peachy Pinks to bloom, and when they do, we can compare photos. The Puerto Ricans will have the last word on your pretty...
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