Hello all, I got a surprise today. In October I tried to send seeds to Chris Dierberger in Brazil. After a time, he sadly informed me that the seeds had been...
Yes Carla these guys in Brasil are tough , for years i used to exchange a lot rare fruit seeds with Brasilian friends but since about 2 years a lot of my...
Hi Carla That's amazing! Victor ps. launch tomorrow, this is the calm before the storm. ... __________________________________________________________________ ...
Note: forwarded message attached. Hi Bruce and group , As requested , here's a few more pics of the mooreana taken yesterday. This is about as big as she...
I was lucky enough to get seeds of Ramonensis from Carla and Sherry. Both are flowering at the moment. They appear to be different varieties. believe Carla's...
Ann, I recently bought a young ramonensis plant at a show in Orlando FL. The seller said they were grown from seeds that Carla collected. Yours look great. Do...
Hello Ann, Ann, congratulations on your flowering H. ramonenses (would that be the plural?)! Duff, it's great you got a seedling with its parentage noted! You...
Duff, Your H. ramonensis var. xanthotricha grows best in the wild in road margins and clearings in the forest. It likes a bit of sun, but not too much. And of...
so i am trying out ramomnensis here in los angeles for cool tolerance. now do i need to find out what i have,and then try others? thought it was a species with...
Gary, Each of the varieties grows far from each other, but all of them are in similar habitat: at about 1000m elevation in damp forest. It would be great if...
you say it would be great if it was cold hardy? 3000ft,and have reports of it growing up to 4000ft at this hieght it should be seeing temps into the 40s? have...
Gary, it might get down to the 40s a few nights per year, maybe. Mostly the lows would be in the mid-50s. Let us know what's making it and what's not! Carla...
Dear All, Need your help. Please identify this heliconia. Could it be Stricta Royal Tagami or something else? Thanks Faridah Yahoo! for Good helps you make a...
Hi Bryan, Got the rhizome from a friend who claimed that this heliconia suddenly appear in his garden amongst his existing heliconias. My friend has the same...
Hi Faridah, Ok, that explains it. I didn't say it isn't a stricta, just that it isn't Tagami. It definitely looks like a stricta!!! It is a nice looking...
Hi Bryan and All, Thanks for the identification. Currently, this heliconia is growing and blooming beautifully right at the entrance of my friend's house -...
Faridah, As usual, I have no opinion on cultivar names, but I get curious about species. The white tips on the flowers are indicative of H. stricta. I attach a...
Hi Faridah, Definitely. Here is a list of the only accepted stricta cultivars (unfortunately there aren't photos of all of them yet, but the ones that aren't...
Hi, I would like to know if any member of the group has indeed the heliconia Shamrock as it is shown in the picture of the book "HELICNONIA: AN IDENTIFICATION...
Hi Rafael, I have never seen it available in the USA, but Chris Dierberger has it in Brazil: http://www.dierbergertropicais.com.br/loja/index.php?cPath=24 It...
I am truly impressed with Sassy here in Tampa, my Lady Di psitt's go to the ground when we start getting temps in the upper 40's at night and my Sassy's are...
Hi Bryan I indeed saw that Christian had it, but in fact it does not seem to me at all like the one shown in the picture from the book.... Christian's one...
Andy, That is interesting. There was a report from Plantation, Florida, that both Lady Di and Sassy took temperatures down to 32F with only minor leaf damage....
That's very interesting to hear. I've always wondered whether there are psittacorum varieties, perhaps from a different elevation or latitudinal extreme, that...
Hi Brian- I'm wondering whether there's any comparison with 'Andromeda' since its cold-tolerance is pretty well known. I personally haven't grown 'Lady Di,' ...
Hi Michael, I haven't seen anything that specifically compares psittacorum cultivars, and have only seen 'Sassy' and 'Lady Di' mentioned by name. Maybe Bruce...
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