Dear Shaman, I've been bit too busy to write but I just wanted to let you know your post kicked my butt into action. I had been toying with the idea of dipping...
Hi Bryan ,  Forgive my stupid question but do all the seeds turn blue/black when ripe , my H.collinsiana is in seed now , first time , they look like...
Luc, All the American heliconia seeds turn blue, though the Old World species seeds turn red. Here is an archive pic of my H. collinseana; note a few dark...
Hola Carla: This one's just for you (and, for all those lobsterclaw members who want to believe in miracles). More on my on-going experiment series. A long...
Wow Hector! What a great story! Just today I was sorting some of my old seeds, choosing to keep them or not. Your dry-flood, light-dark techniques will inspire...
Dear Carla: The article is dedicated to you (in particular), who go out into so much difficulties (time and effort - and money too) to gather precious seeds in...
I am not a expert on Heliconias but I have dealt with similar species. A good trick I learned from some old Florida palm collectors was to microwave seeds....
I can give this a try ,  have palm and heliconia seeds availlable .....germination in a week you said ...!!!!!  Luc Mexico ... From: Brians Botanicals...
This is the results I have seen and have been told by others. I am not into palms as much either this is more my fathers field of expertise. The older...
Brian, Very interesting. I'll try microwaving some seeds tomorrow. I have some very slow cannas, a few palm seeds, and quite a few seeds from Hector of the...
I have been trying to track down some seeds or plants of Canna liliiflora. Which is apparently a green to white flowering canna that has a soap like scent. It...
Hi Group , I have to leave for about 10 days and there's nobody I can trust to water my seedlings , I am talking 1 cm and up ....any suggestions ? Luc Mexico...
Hector Would you like to submit this article of yours to the HSI bulletin? I think it will make for very interesting reading to all members. Victor ... New...
Luc, Could you make mini-greenhouses with closed plastic bags? Stand little sticks here and there to keep the plastic from touching the seedlings. Use...
Dear Carla , Â I have about 100 pots ...would putting everything under shade cloth 75 % and in trays with a few centimeters of water work ..I am affraid that...
Hello all, Does anyone else have experience or an opinion on Luc's idea of leaving pots in shallow water? Luc, maybe you could try my bag idea on one or two of...
Another experiment would be to fill giant rubber balloons, or big trash plastic bags, with water (and tie them down, of course), and poak very small holes. The...
Hola Victor: Thank you very much for the invitation. I am thrilled. I will be going to my farm over the weekend, to see if I can take photos of the mother...
I'm a bit confused by this one. It looks like Kuma Negra (I think?) but don't remember getting Kuma Negra seeds from anyone. Does anyone recognize it? thanks,...
Hi Ann, It looks to me to be very similar to 'Kuma Negro', but remember that anything propagated by seed can have variation and really isn't the original...
Hi All My H. sampaioana is currently budding as we are heading into Mid Spring in the Southern subtropics. Related to H farinosa and H. velloziana. I got mine...
Hi Bruce, Thanks for the pics. It is interesting that sampaioana has hairy bracts, as I have been told that my velloziana is sampaioana, but the bracts are...
Bryan, Thank you. I realize iit isn't the original clone. Can you please tell me the technical term for a seedling that exhibits traits similiar to it's...
Hi Bryan I've grown a couple of forms of H. velloziana over the years and they appeared a little different in the way the flowers are held in the bracts, but I...
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