Hi friends, Anders gave me the correct spelling for our Peruvian heliconia it is: "Heliconia timothei." I will make sure that Bryan Brunner gets the correct ...
Hi All I grow all my new plants from seed as it is the only way we can import Heliconia. I sow them onto our standard propagating mix which is a fine media...
Hi friends, We just wanted to wish all of you a Great Holiday Season and New Year filled with good health, happiness. prosperity, and great success in growing...
Hi friends, We just wanted to wish all of you a Great Holiday Season and New Year filled with good health, happiness. prosperity, and great success in growing...
I did some planting in mid October of seeds received from Carla and Sherry. Seeds include Heliconia nutans (¡Ö40) Heliconia tortuosa (¡Ö50) Heliconia...
Thank you Ray for the details. I would be happy just to watch a video on these collection trips! :) calvin raymondjjerome <raymondjjerome@...> wrote: Hi...
I saw a television documentary that showed heliconias germinating from seeds dispersed by toucans. It seemed that the hard seeds are often cracked by the...
Ray: I got to this one after I had written you. This is what I meant. Ciao! José raymondjjerome <raymondjjerome@...> wrote: Hi friends, Anders gave me...
Hi Calvin, In the past there were some trials with seed from roses. These seeds have also a thick coating which makes it difficult to absorb water. If the seed...
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Hi everyone, I'm wondering if someone knows if H. latispatha (distans) needs a long day, a short day or is it a daylength neutraal heliconia? With kind regards...
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Hi Herman, Here in Puerto Rico it blooms very strongly during the summer, so I think it is a long day heliconia. Have a nice Christmas too!!! Bryan...
Hi Everyone It does the same here in Australia, so that's different side of the equator and different hemisphere. Merry Christmas everyone Bruce ... Stockade...
Hello Greenhouse, Here in Panama it blooms any ole time, but not all the time. Our days are of equal length all year. I'm glad to bach home!!! Carla will be...
Latispatha (aka the weedy one, sorry if this had offended anyone) seems to bloom year round; as and when the stem completes its growth. Oh, it seems to be...
Calvin, I find that 'Fat Lat' and 'Orange Gyro' bloom year round, but not 'Distans'. Maybe you are closer to the equator, like Angel and Carla? Bryan 18...
Thanks everyone for the quick response. The strange thing is that latispatha seems to flower year round in Singapore will it seems to flower in Australia and...
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Hi Herman, I'm not sure how long it takes from induction to flowering, but is it possible that induction takes place when the days are starting to get longer...
Just a quick OT (out of topic) reply. Nope, we don't get poinsettias to flourish here. They languish after the Christmas period and just sit there and sulk. ...
Hi Bryan and Calvin, Off topic is good, if it's on Season! Happy Holidays! Native poinsettias bloom (turn red, that is) naturally in Panama. I would have to...
DEAR FRIENDS I WHICH ALL A VERY HAPPY<HEALTHY<SAFE CHRISTMAS TIME,FULL WITH ENERGY,AND LET THE HELICONIAS GROW WITH CARE AND LOVE.THE PLANTS UNDERSTAND US... ...
Hello! Heliconia meeana used to be considered within the morphological variation of H.chartacea. Margret Mee ( a famous artist) working in upper Rio Negro made...
Happy New Year to y'all. I have not seen the pictures you mention, however, the plant to me is a yellow form of H. chartacea, and the correct name should be...
Feliz Año Nuevo to all the members of the lobsterclaw group! To those of you who are "new" and haven't read my previous e- mails on this particular subject....
Hi all, Again I have a question about the flowering season of some Heliconia species. Does anybody knows when H. latispatha and H. kingulata flower during the...
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Hi Everyone Both sp. flower all year round in Brisbane 27' south. The only limiting factor is cold weather. If growth is interupted by cold , usually resulting...
Dear Herman, My orange gyro started about a month ago and my distans is coming out now. However I'm in Australia. Kress & Berry's I.D. guide say all year...
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Hello all and a happy new year! I was reading some of the older posts and a question popped into my head. Bruce mentioned 'longissima' in a paragraph below. Is...
