Eric, How big is it? The coloration is something like Jacquinii, but it looks smaller, and you are undoubtedly familiar with that hybrid. I'm curious: do wavy...
Hello All, I have known for some time that no purposeful hybrids of heliconia have been successful. A correspondent asked why not and what I knew about the...
Hi Carla, As far as I know, the only thing that has been published are some papers by John Kress. I think it was based on his PhD work. He tried doing...
Hello Bryan, Since you weren't able to produce seeds within H. psittacorum, your conclusion is that hand pollinating isn't as easy as the hummingbirds make it...
Hi Carla, It may have something to do with timing or technique... or maybe psittacorum just isn't that easy. It would be good to try with other heliconias,...
Hello Bryan , Carla and All, I have always been interested in crossing heliconias. If it is so difficult to cross it manually, can tissue culture (TC)...
Hi Faridah, Tissue culture has been used in plant breeding in the following ways: 1) In vitro pollination. Some flowers which are difficult to cross in nature...
Bryan, I've attached a photo of "Pearl" the near white Darwin Hybrid. How can you be sure that a plant isn't exhibiting genetic diversity from seed rather than...
Hi Bryan, Thanks for the info on tissue culture methods. I know nothing of TC, however someone is willing to experiment on heliconias. They have done some for...
Hi Faridah, I had a graduate student who did TC with Heliconia caribaea, and was successful, but it wasn't easy. Heliconias have lots of problems with...
Sandra, Si es zingiberoide, es H. hirsuta. Las inflorescencias de esta especie son similar a las de H. psittacorum, pero la ultima especie siempre tiene las...
Gracias Carla, lo sospechaba, espero que Bryan confirme. Saludos Sandra __________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus...
Hi Sandra We found a H. hirsuta growing along the Amazon between Iquitos and Leticia that looks pretty similar to your variety. H. hirsuta is incredibly...
Hi fellow enthusiasts, I am after information on the preffered growing conditions of Heliconia Danielsiana and Barnum & Bailey (sunlight, water etc and if they...
Hello Most of these pendent heliconias don't like to be disturbed (by missing a rhizome here and there) when they have not matured. They bloom only when the...
Thanks for the quick reply Calvin. I'll be more patient with the Danielsiana. I received this plant as a seedling years ago from a friend Curt Butterfield....
I would have to add that from personal experience, these group of Barbatae heliconias do not transplant well. This group includes all the desirables like...
Hi Calvin, I live at 500m and STILL have problems with vellerigera and xanthovillosa. Tried for years to get them to grow, and must have planted 7-8...
Bryan Now this sounds rather strange about your observation on altitude. But I agree with you on xanthovillosa. It is notorious (in fact numero uno) for its...
Hello... recently, I like to watch telenovela from Venezuela and I can see that a lot (I really mean a lot) of heliconias, either in the vase or planted...
This is just awesome guys! I finally got around to graduatin and I didn't even have to turn up a single day this time around to get my final credit points....
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Carla, Please ban this person!!! Gracias, Bryan "sherry-heath398@..." <sherry-heath398@...> wrote: This is just awesome guys! I finally...
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