New member since 5 minutes ago thanks to Bryan. I may as well start posting a pic of one pending H. found in the wild here.Not identified by me and Bryan . ...
Hi Luc, Welcome to the group!!! There are lots of good people here, from all over the world, but don't know if there are any others from Mexico. Bryan ...
I really hope there are a few Mexicans in the group , one of my goals is to have all the endemic ones growing , according to the little information i have ...
Gracias Angel , ya estan en my Album "Luc's collection" No identificacion por la primera !! De donde eres ? Thank you Angel , the 2 pictures are uploaded in...
Luc, I will speak for Angel (sorry, Angel!!!) just to tell you that he is in Panama and together with his wife Carla, are collecting the Panamanian species for...
Thanks for the info Bryan . This is the list of Mexican H.'s that i found in Mexican papers ( government and universities ) can you confirm this , ad or...
Hi Luc, I really don't know anything about the Mexican species... Carla and Angel might have a better idea since they have studied the Panamanian species...
how high up does collinsiana grow?everyone here,CA,and in FL,says its cold tolerant,but i have tried it,as well as many others,and all have failed? gary have a...
Luc, You have an interesting list of Mexican heliconias. Some I've never heard of! When I started looking for and identifying the Panamanian species, I made...
Luc, Regarding the photos you posted: The first one with the big seeds looks a lot like H. collinseana, especially if it was collected in the wild. H....
Gary, I don't know H. collinsiana's native elevation range. Look it up in the W3-Tropicos database - the herbarium records usually show elevations. Let us know...
Hi Guys, Just wanted to post a few pics of some of the newer things we put in after the cyclone. Everywhere I look flowers are starting to peak out.Including...
Ann, Thanks for all the great photos. The orange tulip etlingera is really putting out! I also have Bonnie Kline seedlings blooming all over the farm. I don't...
Hi All, I am quite sorry for i can not see the pics!! Could anyone please re-post them or tell me where i can see them? Thankx in advance! Best regards Rafael ...
Hi Carla , I dont think the first is collinsiana , the second one may be some regional variation of collinsiana , this one was also in the wild right next to a...
Luc, From my limited experience, your list of Mexican species is good. There are a few that will need more checking: I don't know if H. bihai has been found in...
Hi Luc and Carla, From what I have read, H. bihai is not native to Mexico. It is supposedly found in the Caribbean from St. Kitts south to Trinidad and...
Bryan, thanks for the details. Luc, sometimes species are mis-labeled in herbariums. H. wagneriana might have been mistaken for H. bihai once it was flat, dry,...
Carla , Those that i have are 2,50 to 3 meters tall the inflorescences are about 75 cm . So far i have not been able to find even a picture of the mooreana and...
Luc, Sherry sells seeds from her farm in Puerto Rico. www.viveroanones.com. is her website. Carla is also great at sharing and trading. It's well worth giving...
Thank you for the info Ann , I'll get my first try with seeds in a few weeks , ordered about 30 var. from Sherry . Thanks for the encourgement. It will be the...
Cant help you with this Bryan but it's a good guess. I 've been looking at their pages several times and was surprised how many flowers they can produce over ...
Hello Bryan: Never saw this cultivar before. It certainly looks like an erect x pendent hybrid. Sorry I cannot be of help on this. Hope all is well for you....
Hi Luc, Definitely possible, just depends on how big the clump is!!! :>) Bryan luc vleeracker <lucvleeracker@...> wrote: Cant help you with this Bryan...