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regalis-like, or not?

Carla — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:22:47 GMT

Hello All, Victor in Singapore has a fantastic heliconia in his garden that looks a lot like H. regalis, but doesn't match in some important characters, such

Re: Mystery

Bruce — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:32:45 GMT

Hi Calvin You are the only respondent. Hopefully we will get some more. H. fragilis is a Colombian sp. We were close to the border while we were in Lita and

concerning heliocnia seeds!

Rafael Nunes — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:23:41 GMT

Hi All, I'd like to know if someone can help me find seeds of the following species: - heliconia becknerii - heliconia imbricata x lathispatha jose abalo -

Re: Mystery [3 Attachments]

Isla Verde — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:01:12 GMT

H fragilis? ________________________________ From: Bruce To: lobsterclaw@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 31 October 2009 7:20:11

Mystery

Bruce — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:20:32 GMT

Hi All Just back from the bush in Ecuador with Carla, Angel and Dave Skinner. Attached is something we saw. A little quiz for everyone. What species ?. I've

Re: Is there a difference between H longa and H stilesii?

Carla — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:00:25 GMT

Hello Calvin, H. stilesii is officially differentiated only by the spacing and number of bracts. In the wild, H. stilesii is geographically separated from H.

Is there a difference between H longa and H stilesii?

Isla Verde — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:47:51 GMT

Hello all: I was checking out the photos on the PR Heliconia cultivars pages and it indeed struck me that H longa and H stilesii could look so similar! Has

Re: Heliconia colgantea and dielsiana

Isla Verde — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:42:04 GMT

Hi Carla, Gary Thanks for your replies. At least I am getting the feeling that dielsiana is somehow (heat) hardier than the infamous xanthovillosa just by

Re: Heliconia colgantea and dielsiana

Gary Bernard — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:32:15 GMT

hi,dont know much about colgantea,but isnt dieslsiana from a higher region? it is being grown/flowered in PR,but dont know with what ease? many of these,"so

Re: Heliconia colgantea and dielsiana

gardens@... — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:30:06 GMT

Hi Calvin, H. colgantea grows at sea level in Costa Rica. It should grow well for you. I am not having great success with H. dielsiana. It looks good one day,

Re: H. xanthovillosa

faridah shafii — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:43:54 GMT

Hi hkc, Thanks for the advice. I hope to see the real bloom one day. But for now I have to just admire them from images. Thanks for sharing your xantho

Re: H. xanthovillosa

kuahkc — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:27:14 GMT

Hi Faridah, If you have managed to grow this into a clump and it is more than half the battle won. I've struggled with seeds, seedlings, little plants that

Re: H. xanthovillosa

Isla Verde — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:40:04 GMT

Hi Faridah My guess is that you'd need to have overall encompassing shade which enables the root zone area to be cool. Just one directional shade from a tree

Re: H. xanthovillosa

luc vleeracker — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:22:02 GMT

I could be wrong but I always tought that xanthovillosa liked cooler temperatures ? Luc ... From: faridah shafii Subject: Re:

Re: H. xanthovillosa

faridah shafii — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:04:17 GMT

Hi hkc, Congratulations for your success in growing the xanthovillosa. I live in Johor Bahru (about a couple minutes driving from Singapore). My xanthovillosa