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| I just bought a beautiful Heliconia (False Bird of Paradise) at Lowe's. Just gorgeous! It is related to Banana plants.
Hope someone out there has one and can tell me about them.
I plan on bringing mine inside until next summer. It can sit right next to the gigantic Rubber tree in here. This room is my atrium all winter for many of my tropical plants, so that I can enjoy them when it is cold and nasty out and all my beautiful gardens outside have gone to sleep for the winter. I would like to hear from anyone on here who may have experience and/or personal knowledge about growing them. |
Here is a link that might be useful: False Bird of Paradise
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- Posted by SweetAnnie4u midOK_z6 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 24, 05 at 20:47
| The flower itself is a tiny yellow thing that sticks up out of the orange bract. From what I understand, the seeds are large, about the size of bluebird eggs, or bigger. I have seen photos of them. They are a bright Caribbean blue. Wow! They were much prettier when I first bought it. The hard rains we have been having beat them up, so the edges are a bit ragged now, but still beautiful. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Heliconia - False Bird of Paradise (close-up)
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| If the picture you posted is of the heliconia you have, then it is a Heliconia Psittacorum. It looks like Andromeda. I grow over 25 different heliconia here in southwest Louisiana and all but 4 are in pots. I have been growing heliconia for 6 or 7 years and would be happy to pass along to you what has and hasn't worked for me. They are not the easiest plants to grow. Send me a private email and we can discuss and I'll send back to you a bunch of pictures of mine in bloom. They are my favorite tropicals. Steve |
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- Posted by SweetAnnie4u midOK_z6 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 25, 05 at 13:02
| Hi Steve, Yes, the two pictures above are of my plant. I took those with my digital. In fact, I have taken many pictues of it. So beautiful! So ancient looking. |
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- Posted by SweetAnnie4u midOK_z6 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 25, 05 at 23:35
| Here are those same photos now in my photobucket:
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- Posted by down_south_LA z8 La (My Page) on Fri, Aug 26, 05 at 20:10
| I have several Heliconias, my fav is Lobster claw. All are in huge pots that will be put in the greenhouse for the winter, but they are grand on my deck over looking the river. |
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- Posted by SweetAnnie4u midOK_z6 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 30, 05 at 0:37
| I sure hope you two are safe down there in LA. I have been worrying about you. Please let us know when you can that you are okay. ~Annie |
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| We're ok here but I have lost contact with dozens of friends in the eastern part of the state. The situation just looks overwhelming. It will wind up being a national disaster when this is all over with. Steve |
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- Posted by bfire24(bfire53@charter.net) onSat, Feb 16, 08 at 16:12
| Has anyone been able to grow Heliconia here on the Central Coast of California (San Luis Obispo)? If so I'm looking for any helpful tips |
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