Hi, The other jpg looks allot like what we call in Oz, Daintree, theleaves and other characteristics seem the same Jo ... From: Carla To: ann Sent: Wednesday,...
We're having a house built right now. There's a lot of leftover re-bar. Whenever I need to tag plants I walk around the building site and pick up the pieces...
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Hi Hector ,Bruce and all Bruce You have it....Heliconias over the would,with one single name...Sounds like heaven... Let´s us all work on it... Obrigado Chris...
More on tags: We bend the heaviest wire we can get to make these tag hangers. Angel used the vise to hold a piece of pipe with a notch in it to bend the wire. ...
one of the best things I have found for tags is old metal venetian blinds....I found two of them each 6 feet by 4 feet....the aluminium slats are perfect and I...
is this a mid altitude grower? spanish heliconia guide lists it with the same reference as latispatha,ie tropical to premontano. latispatha grows fine for ...
Gary, I just looked up Heliconia rigida in the TROPICOS - VAST specimen data base of the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Your plant was documented at 150 to 670...
Some things that I've used are "china markers" or "grease pens" on the white plastic markers- they dont fade in the sun, but its possible to smear it a little...
I've been using plastic tent stakes to tie my metal tags to. You can get that at various general stores that carry sporting goods- you want the ones with a...
Gary and Carla, I collected this species at a friends farm in lowland Amazonian Colombia. The species is a strong grower and flowers almost all year around in...
Hi Ann, Sorry for the delay in answering this, but I just moved from Puerto Rico to California and haven't had good access to internet for the last two weeks....
More on ID tags. It's been a frustrating exercise. 1. I initially started out with hand labelled white wooden ID tags - which eventually rotted away, were ...
Hector and all, That's a great system you have, Hector. My master list includes the approximate location(s) of each plant in the case of lost or strayed tags. ...
Hello all: Over the week-end I went to my farm. It rained, but still, I was able to photograph my heliconia psittacorum x H. spathorcinata cv. Tortuga....
Hello all: So as to keep the forum up and running. I ask: What is "wrong" with the photo of this heliconia leaf? Is it sick? Is there a cure or treatment? How...
Hi Hector Wow your xantho seems to be blooming its head off! I find xanthos very slow and alot more difficult to establish and grow compared to the other in...
Hector, Those are a couple of good-looking kids! My H. xanthovillosa is blooming now, too. It's a long, muddy way from the house, but I take all my visitors to...
oooHHHH Hector, These are fantastic!!!! Most of my plants just got wiped out by the first frost and are looking very ugly indeed, so I dont think I can show...
Good Morning to all: Here we go again, same 3 photos, but at a lower resolution. Let me know if you were able to open them. I am off to work. We'll "talk" at...
Dear Bryan: How's life in California? Congratulations! Wow. You got it right from the first try, without having to go into a serious discussion (as I expected)...
Dear Chris: How's life in Brasil? Here we go again, at a much lower resolution. Yes, I know how tedious and slow it can be to open "large" files though the...
Dear Jo and Martin: I see. We're in the middle of our summer (here in Puerto Rico) while, at the other side of the world (Australia) you're in winter. Anyways,...
Dear Calvin: The only tip I can give you is PERSEVERANCE. Never give up. Keep on trying. Shoguns are very difficult to grow from rhyzomes; which eventually rot...
Hector, Yes, thanks for resending the photos. Your Tortuga looks quite similar to my Golden Torch Adrian. Lately I've been planting similar heliconias close to...
Hi Hector Very good tips there! And I like what you said about the "longevity" of an established xantho clump. This is such in contrast to those that need...
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