Hola amigos/as: Queria contarles que las heliconias que estoy cultivando en maceta ya tengo una florecida y otra con pimpollo, queria mantenerlos al tanto de...
Hello all: I was watering my H longiflora the other day using a hose to simulate rain. As you know, H longiflora is classified under the Zingiberoid group and...
Hello all: I am sure each of us have one time or other received or sent rhizomes. For those sending rhizomes, what are some of the ways to ensure that...
Hi Calvin I've seen people use anti transpirants and fungicide dips to help rhizomes survive lengthy travels. As well as leaving longer lengths of pseudo-stems...
Hola Patricia, Felicidades por la flor en pote! Su casa debe ser una verdadera jungla, con heliconias por todos lados - y me imagino que van acompañados con...
Te equivocas Carla adentro en mi casa solo hay heliconias, que ya tienen mas de 2 m de altura y ninguna otra planta, en el jardin SI, dentro de poco voy a...
OK, as promised. I have uploaded my SG. About 6 bracts excluding basal bract for this first flowering. Calvin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!?...
Calvin,yours looks like ours, more green than gold. Ours was from seed and we"ve seen other seedling plants from the same clump that seem slightly more yellow....
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Ann, the plant should be renamed SG (Suriname Green) instead. I think most of us got it from the same source - Mark. Anybody got a wild collected one? I like...
Thanks Bruce. I am reading other tips as well. These may not be substantiated or tested, but one method is to dip the cut end of the pseudostem in sugar ...
Hi Everyone, Can anybody id this for me? I was told it was Heliconia metallica, but it doesn't look like other metallicas I've seen. Thanks, Bryan Puerto Rico...
Hello Bryan, Our common metalica in Panama has green bracts and just recently we saw some with red to maroon bracts but nothing like the photo you have here. I...
Hi Angel, Thanks. I took the picture a few years ago at someone else's farm, but I'm pretty sure it was cannoid foliage. I left my heliconia books in my...
Hi y'all: If I may paraphrase the way my workers talked when I was an assistant at Louisiana State University almost fifty years ago, "that don't look like no...
Hola José, Thanks for the input. It is growing on a friend's farm here in Puerto Rico. I think I have some seedlings from that plant growing too, and I'll...
Hello Bryan, I'll go with the crowd and put in my not-metallica vote on your pretty heliconia. Here is a photo I took near El Real, Darien last week. This red ...
Dear group members, some time ago I was asking for hints about Heliconia germination. With the help of Carla, who provided me with fresh seeds and valuable...
I find that keeping seeds in water requires a daily change of the water or the whole thing will fester and smell. I might a little hydrogen peroxide to keep it...
Calvin, It is also a prolific seeder. My seeds came from our local botanical garden. Last plant sale they were selling seedlings of suriname gold for six bucks...
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Ann, are you referring to the Fletcher BG? SGold seedlings for 6 bucks!? That is a real bargain! Could they have made a mistake in the labels and the 6 bucks...
Calvin, It was labeled "sexy yellow" . The sale is done by the friends of the botanic gardens.I'm not sure if they know what the market value is on most of the...
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Hi Calvin and group members, I was not precise in describing my growing substrate, which I use for transplanting of the germianted seed. Here I add also some...
Frank, thanks for sharing your experiences on using h2o2. I have one big bottle at home and will put it to good use. The problem is getting the concentrations...
Hi Calvin, in Germany the concentration of H2O2 in pharmacies or drugstores is 3%. To get 1.5% you just take 1 part (tablespoon or whatever) H2O2 and 1 part ...
Hi Calvin, In New Caledonia, I use another product : gibberreline. I use it at different concentration : 10-20-30% according to the hardiness of the seed. Seed...
JJ, good to hear that you have now a batch of H nutans. From the highlands of Panama to New Caledonia! I'm sure we would like to see how different the...
Hi JJ, Gibberelic acid can cause extra stretching of the tissue. Is this occurs only on one side the plant will not grow straight but in a curve. It is...
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I just found your board and have been searching the posts and photos and haven't come across a Zingiber spectabile. They call it Chinese Ginger here. (Jengibre...
Hi Bob, Welcome to the group. Sounds like it might be a fungus that is attacking the leaves. Do you know anybody in your area with the same plant? Do they ...
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