Hello Everyone, I like to welcome Christian to the bloomtime study. At the same time I encourage all of you to take a look at the map and if you find that you...
I concur on She Kong- it seems to be a very picky grower here in FL. I've grown it from rhizomes- and it declined. and Ive grown it from two large greenhouse...
I read through your list and I think you would be able to get Rostrata to bloom within a season. Here in FL its a pretty easy one to bloom. It likes water, sun...
Brian, Do you mean H. orthotricha She? In the case it`s the same, it happens with mine too. When they were in a shady environment it did better. But when I...
Brigitte, She is a type of Orthotrica, but you are definitely right about it preferring a shady, protected spot. We used to treat it like our other orthos with...
Ann, Yes, exactly. Mine were also in a poor drained area before transplanting to a sunny place, and they looke well, but never bloomed here. Now with this...
Hi, Brian, I have grow some She Kong and it seem pick up steadily but i think it might need another 1 to 2 years before i can see a boom. Where do you get your...
Hi guys- no I mean Shekong- the wooly pendant. Carla has it growing easily at her place, but it never wanted to grow here.. it just ended up with these burnt ...
Luc and Fabian, Hector in Puerto Rico is sending me a batch of H. xanthovillosa seeds, so I'll have some to send in a few weeks. My plant seems to be taking...
Hi Everyone, I just sent out the first automatic email for the bloomtime study. I would once again like to invite everyone to participate. I would like to have...
Hi Bloomtimers, This is an automatically produced email from Angel's email robot. It is the 15th of the month or thereabouts and I would like you to send me a ...
hi angel,i am in CA,but like i said,cant copy/paste,or add names etc to a list or form wih webtv. if someone is willing to sign me up,then i would/could...
Hello Gary, I would be glad to have you participate. You don't need to cut ans paste, just copy the information to a piece of paper and type it into an email...
Hi Everybody, Just want to let you all know that we finished the website for the 2008 HSI Conference, to be held in the heart of the Amazon in Iquitos, Peru....
Well Done Bryan! The site looks great. Is it possible to advise the Amazon growers that some of us are unable to get rhizomes into our countries and would love...
Hola everyone, look what one of the bloomtime study participants sent in for November! What a great garden!!! bihai Granada 4 bihai Manoa Sunrise 10 bihai...
Hi Ann, Glad you like it!!! Thanks go to Kareen Spiers, the webmaster, and Carlos Acosta, our host in Iquitos, for the majority of the work. I doubt if any...
Bryan, I'm going to make you take one guess who's garden is bursting with 28 blooming heliconias! Two clues: it's not mine, and you've been there. Carla...
Bryan, Hector may well have nearly 30 blooming heliconias, but it was Sherry Ballester who sent in her fantastic list! All you seed fanciers will know what to...
Hola Carla, Ok, nice!!! Actually will be in PR for a short trip in January, so can send the list then (not sure if it will be very useful to have just one...
Bryan, Angel envisions the bloom-time study as an on-going project, not ending at any pre-ordained date. So any and all contributions will add to the data...
Hi Everybody, Some time ago there was a thread about the Berry/Kress heliconia book. Well, Sherry just told me that it is available new on Ebay for only $16.42...
Bryan had mentioned on the HSI website that kids clothes are great to barter with. I'm going one step further. While I'm not rich, I hate the idea of spending...
Hi Ann, When I was in a remote village, three little girls with a pet parrot and a pet turtle started following me around after I asked to take their picture....
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