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just j
02-14-2009, 12:55 PM
just planted 6 types of heliconia the other day they r all corms anyone got tips on growing them successful they r caribaea-criswick sticta-firebird orthotricha-edge of night caribaea-richmond red bahai-chocolate dancer bahai-cinnamon twist also started 100 seeds of the cinnamon twist this is my first time growing heliconias how do they do in the house over winter are they similar to the bird of paradise i want to plant them out side this spring and pot them and bring them in over winter will it work?

southlatropical
02-16-2009, 06:40 PM
Heliconia do not grow well indoors. The frequent blasts from the heater in your zone will dry them out. But maybe you could put them in the bathroom with a humidifier or something. There are a couple of people here that are quite knowledgeable about heliconias. I would imagine they might chime in also.

Bananaman88
02-17-2009, 12:58 PM
Spider mites just love heliconias brought indoors.

just j
02-17-2009, 01:48 PM
you know i never really had spider mite until i got this burgmansia that plant got them with in a week in my home that was the first time i ever seen those little thing well i got rid of that problen by throwing the whole plant off my deck into the snow im gonna have to clean that up when the snow melts lol but my banans never got them they covered the leaves on the tree i didnt even know what they were at the time all i knew was they could be any good

Bananaman88
02-18-2009, 01:43 PM
Yeah, they're tough to get rid of. I took my potted heliconias out multiple times on warm days this winter and hosed off the leaves and alternated spraying them with insecticidal soap and orange oil. I have finally just moved them out and left them as we haven't had any nights that have been overly cool for two weeks now.

Lilith
02-27-2009, 07:21 AM
All I can tell you is, you probably don't have the light you need or the humidity you need to grow them indoors in zone 4-5 because they will need to be inside way more during the year than outside.

otavio.faria
05-16-2009, 09:24 AM
hy People!
I study to became a master about heliconia production, in Brazil.
Do somebody have some e-books guides, sites, papers or other informations to send me.

thank you!

just j
05-16-2009, 05:16 PM
heliconia society of porta rico

scottdurand
05-16-2009, 06:09 PM
Yea, indoors will be so much work it's not worth it...lol Package them all up and ship them down here to southern Louisiana!:0519:

Steve L
05-18-2009, 07:37 AM
I believe you and I discussed the heliconia issue a few months ago. Maybe it was another forum. Anyway, the ones you've selected to grow from corms are giants among heliconia. You will need very large containers and a strong back to move them around. Just like Lilith said, you will have a very difficult time growing these indoors due to the lack of sun and humidity. She used to grow many of the ones you're attempting in containers, lives in Florida and still had lots of difficulty. She now has a 2000 sq. ft. greenhouse but got rid of most of hers because of their aggressive growth habits. I haven't learned my lesson yet and am still growing many in pots and move them in and out of my small greenhouse. The only one that might work out is the Stricta Firebird. It's a medium sized heliconia. Unfortunately, it's not a clumper, it likes to move so your pot will fill up fast with new shoots. Eventually, it will blow out of the pot. The inflos are nice though. I admire your desire to grow these beautiful plants and hope to give it your full effore but it will be difficult without a greenhouse.

Steve

Tog Tan
05-18-2009, 12:44 PM
Just thought I drop by for a visit though heliconia's were a thing of the past for me. Have you guys seen the Heliconia zebrina? Absolute stunner with leaves like a calathea. The upper surface has a velvety sheen with lovely markings. It is a cool grower and it doesn't flower here. All I know it has red colored flowers but I haven't seen it till now.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17491><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17491&size=1 border=0></a>

Steve L
05-18-2009, 01:18 PM
I've only seen pictures of this heliconia and I may have seen one or two on eBay. I think the seller might be from Thailand. It's a stunner for sure.

jack hagenaars
05-18-2009, 08:51 PM
Has anyone tried Heliconia Scheidianna 'Fire and Ice"? I just bought one and is said to be fairly hardy...I am in zone 8...and have my doubts ,but am trying it...I may mulch it as it is beside my M. Basjoo

jack hagenaars
05-18-2009, 08:52 PM
Tog! Are you familiar with "Fire and Ice?

Bananaman88
05-19-2009, 07:19 AM
Nice pattern on that one, Tog! Reminds me of some of the Calatheas.

Steve L
05-19-2009, 07:21 AM
Scheideana is probably root hardy in Zone 8 but the chance of seeing blooms is near zero unless you erect some sort of portable greenhouse over it and provide heat during the winter. I grow this heliconia in the ground in two areas of my yard and have seen 1 bloom in 6 years. Most heliconia bloom on second year growth and this one is no exception. Hence, the stalks that grew during the summer must be protected during the winter to see blooms in the following spring and summer.

Steve

Tog Tan
05-19-2009, 07:41 AM
Tog! Are you familiar with "Fire and Ice?

Hey Jack, the Heliconia scheideana, Fire and Ice came out after I gave up but I did collect all the species that was available here some 10 years ago and I think I got most of them then. I didn't buy any hybrids or any of the psittacorum stuff. The reason I gave up totally is that they became invasive in my nursery and I had to ask the guy who sold them to me to dig them all away. He had a ball of a time telling me how much $ he made from my overflowing stuff! :ha:

Over here all the heliconia's are very cheap with the nice big flower ones costing about $10 a 20 inch clump in a black bag. I don't think I will go back to them cos of the way they grow!

jack hagenaars
05-19-2009, 08:56 AM
Thanks for the reply steve...I have heard the same info...so I thought I would plant it in the ground anyway and split it in the fall and take a peice into the greenhouse for the winter....The foliage is nice on its own..for my zone anyway...anything with big leaves on it works for me...What is it with men and our Big....leaves:} Tog I dont know how you can resist the Heliconias....the lobster claws are so outrageous...I think my all time favorate plant...Maybe you should hybridise some and come up with a miniature heliconia...than you would be rich$$$$$

Steve L
05-19-2009, 09:01 AM
Jack,

That's exactly what I do so that I can at least see a few blooms each year and you're correct, the foliage is nice with a touch of red on the leaf edges. If anyone hybridizes a heliconia so that they can bloom on first year growth, and it is the lobster claw looking bloom, they certainly make a fortune.

just j
05-19-2009, 09:36 AM
yup cause that is what i need i have a caribea st. lucia in my house now and i think after this year its gonna have to be cut down some or maybe just let it bend down after it hits the ceiling

Tog Tan
05-19-2009, 09:38 AM
Tog I dont know how you can resist the Heliconias....the lobster claws are so outrageous...I think my all time favorate plant...Maybe you should hybridise some and come up with a miniature heliconia...than you would be rich$$$$$

Jack, I still like them except I won't grow them cos I need the space! They run like crazy in the weather here. The trouble comes after a year in the ground and all goes to hell! :ha:

The only ones I have now at my nursery are a clump of the Variegated Psittacorum, Heliconia chartaceae and the leafless Strelitzia juncea. The S juncea is real cool, just long leafless petioles looking like spears, you guys keep it?

just j
05-19-2009, 09:56 AM
i have seen them but dont have one they are super cool looking i will have to pick one up some day to add to my collection i got all the other birds

Bananaman88
05-19-2009, 11:20 AM
Hey, that would be a great project for you and me to work on, Steve! :nanadrink:


Jack,

That's exactly what I do so that I can at least see a few blooms each year and you're correct, the foliage is nice with a touch of red on the leaf edges. If anyone hybridizes a heliconia so that they can bloom on first year growth, and it is the lobster claw looking bloom, they certainly make a fortune.

Steve L
05-19-2009, 11:39 AM
Brent, I'd have no idea where to start.

Randy4ut
05-19-2009, 12:24 PM
Scheideana is probably root hardy in Zone 8 but the chance of seeing blooms is near zero unless you erect some sort of portable greenhouse over it and provide heat during the winter. I grow this heliconia in the ground in two areas of my yard and have seen 1 bloom in 6 years. Most heliconia bloom on second year growth and this one is no exception. Hence, the stalks that grew during the summer must be protected during the winter to see blooms in the following spring and summer.

Steve

Steve, just saw this and wanted to let you know that I took a piece of my scheideana, potted it up and overwintered it in greenhouse for this summer. The rest I left with only 4" cypress mulch and it has returned!!! Must be a bit hardier than first thought. I know I will not get bloom, but just the fact that the rhizome overwintered here in SE TN (Z7) winter is amazing to me!!! Just thought I would let you know...:woohoonaner:

Steve L
05-19-2009, 12:28 PM
Hey Randy,

Good to hear from you. Interesting about the Scheideana. I wouldn't have given it much of a chance and if I remember correctly, you had a pretty rugged zone 7 winter this past year. Did you cut the stalks and mulch or leave the stalks and mulch around it? What about the other heliconia I sent you last summer?

Steve

Randy4ut
05-19-2009, 12:35 PM
Hey Randy,

Good to hear from you. Interesting about the Scheideana. I wouldn't have given it much of a chance and if I remember correctly, you had a pretty rugged zone 7 winter this past year. Did you cut the stalks and mulch or leave the stalks and mulch around it? What about the other heliconia I sent you last summer?

Steve

Steve,
I cut the stalks and pulled the mulch over them. We did have the coldest, wettest winter we have experienced in over 5 years. The others were potted and spent the winter in my friends greenhouse. Lost the Pedro Ortiz and I AIN"T happy about it either!!!! I planted the schei outside and have a small one still potted that I am trying to figure the best place to put it.... I will have to take some pics of the backyard in another week or so as things are finally starting to shoot up... Way behind this year from previous growing seasons...
Take care my friend...

Steve L
05-19-2009, 12:49 PM
Heliconia are very problematic outside of zone 10. They really disappoint me from time to time but I keep coming back for another "right cross"

Bananaman88
05-19-2009, 03:12 PM
Brent, I'd have no idea where to start.

Me neither! I was only kidding.:ha:

Bananaman88
05-19-2009, 03:16 PM
My 'Pedro Ortiz' overwintered in the ground, as did my H. angusta 'Red Christmas' or 'Holiday', whichever you prefer to call it. I also have two other unidentified Heliconias that overwintered in the ground without dying back completely. I'll post photos eventually if they bloom.

I overwintered my H. scheidiana and my H. rostrata inside, so I'm really hoping for blooms on those. My H. psitticorum is having a rough go of it but is coming back (it was in a pot inside as well). My variegated Heliconia is actually the most robust grower, hardly ever missing a beat all winter and going strong in a pot now.

Steve L
05-19-2009, 03:20 PM
That's a real good report Brent. How tall is the tallest stalk on your rostrata?

My variegated Psittacorum you gave me did quite well also, which is unusual for the Psitts. It's a pretty tough one.

Randy4ut
05-19-2009, 05:32 PM
My rostrata was hit hard, but really starting to recover now that it is out and the temps are starting to rise. My psitta about bit the dust this winter, MITES!!!, kill them little buggars!!! Anyway, when I was finally able to get it outside, it had died back to the rhizome, but is starting to show some signs of life. I have really enjoyed it as I have had nice blooms on it for the past two years, but afraid not this year.
I also have some sort of heliconia that I received two years ago from another member here, but not sure what it is. It is only about (maybe) two feet tall and has not seemed fazed with growing indoors. I leave it out all summer, wash it down and bring it in during the winter. Have never seen a sign of it trying to bloom, but would love to know what it is... I think I even posted a pic of it on here last summer, but can't remember for sure, since I have slept since then... Oh well....

just j
05-19-2009, 06:13 PM
anyone growing an orthotrichas

just j
05-19-2009, 06:21 PM
u know steve u were right when i talked with you on the phone mine are growing really good in the house but i can mist them 10 times a day to try and keep the humidity up but that does nothing if i touch the leaves with my fingers they will turn brown in that spot and if i dont mist them alot the leaves have a hard time opening up and some will curl backwards a very hard plant to make look nice in the house but im still trying im never given up on them i will build a glass dome in my back yard if i cant get them to grow good in the house im determaned to get a few of the st. lucias and orthortrichas to flower i dont care what anyone says if theres a will theres a way even if it cost me a few grand lol

Steve L
05-20-2009, 07:17 AM
Randy, there's a good chance your psittacorum will bloom this year. It's one of the very few that will bloom on first year growth. Just don't over water it until you see a few new stalks with leaves.

Just j, I'm growing one orthotricha, Eden Pink. Nice blooms. Not one of the more difficult ones to grow.


Steve

Bananaman88
05-20-2009, 12:15 PM
Probably between 2'-3'. I'm going to give it some bloom-booster fertilizer this weekend.


That's a real good report Brent. How tall is the tallest stalk on your rostrata?

My variegated Psittacorum you gave me did quite well also, which is unusual for the Psitts. It's a pretty tough one.

jack hagenaars
07-23-2009, 01:29 PM
just un update on my Heliconia Scheideana 'Fire and Ice'......putting out nice new green leaves now and new shoots coming out of the ground....will post a pic soon......

island cassie
07-23-2009, 03:19 PM
Just found this thread - can't think how I missed it! Apart from Rostrata, I grow all the rest in walled beds to keep them in check - pity nothing comes with a name label!

lorax
07-23-2009, 03:34 PM
Everything Heliconia and Strelizia here in walled and bamboo-barriered beds to keep it in check - they're considered weeds, and my friends can't fathom why I might want to grow them.

conejov
07-23-2009, 07:06 PM
ITs funny that this thread resurfaced Because I'm considering getting a heliconia. so some of them grow up to 9ft? that interesting from what I can see they look similar to Birds of paradise.

Brent how well do they grow here in houston?

southlatropical
07-24-2009, 12:18 AM
Not trying to answer for Brent but..........
They should grow well over in Houston if you get the more hardy varieties. Heliconia Scheideana is more hardy than any of the others. Thanks to Steve's advice I am growing H. rostrata, H. angusta 'Red Christmas', and H. latispatha 'Orange Gyro'. We are a little colder here than Houston and these will survive OK if protected. Don't get too excited about blooms though. You will have to keep them from getting burned by frost. We had a warmer winter than normal last year and the H. rostrata almost made it through without any protection. It is growing strong now and if we by chance have another mild winter it may bloom next year. The Orange Gyro has surprised me the most. It kept trying to grow during winter and is by far more vigorous than the others that I have.

southlatropical
07-24-2009, 12:27 AM
Guess I should mention that in spite of a mild winter we did have a record breaking snow storm. On the day it snowed the temp did not go below 31F. But the dew point that morning was also 31F, so the snow stuck and piled up. The lowest temp we had last winter was 28F at my house. The Orange Gyro (to the right) has since been moved.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x68/ijewellk/DSCN2724.jpg
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19236&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19236&ppuser=973)

southlatropical
07-24-2009, 12:38 AM
Hard to believe anything survived.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x68/ijewellk/DSCN2721.jpg

Here it is now. A shot directly across from the first picture.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19239&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19239&ppuser=973)

conejov
07-24-2009, 12:40 AM
Guess I should mention that in spite of a mild winter we did have a record breaking snow storm. On the day it snowed the temp did not go below 31F. But the dew point that morning was also 31F, so the snow stuck and piled up. The lowest temp we had last winter was 28F at my house. The Orange Gyro (to the right) has since been moved.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x68/ijewellk/DSCN2724.jpg
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19236&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19236&ppuser=973)

What are those maroon and burgundy plants in front of the heliconia?

southlatropical
07-24-2009, 12:48 AM
Those are Ti plants. I have a few different ones. They sailed through winter with no problems to my surprise. Here they are the same day as the snow. Most of it had melted when the picture was taken. It did not get heavy here b/c it's under the eve of the house.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x68/ijewellk/DSCN2723.jpg

And here it is later in spring.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x68/ijewellk/DSCN2739.jpg

And more recently.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19237&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19237&ppuser=973)

Bananaman88
07-24-2009, 10:26 AM
They grow great in the summer here in Houston. The problem is overwintering them. They don't like our cool, wet winters and if you dig them up and bring them in the house you are almost guaranteed to have to wage war agains spider mites all winter long. If you can protect their stalks from freezing during the winter (by wrapping or possibly piling mulch around them) then you stand a chance of getting a bloom. So far, the only heliconia that has bloomed for me is my Heliconia psittacorum. Home Depot often sell these this time of year at a very reasonable price.

jack hagenaars
09-07-2009, 11:12 AM
Up dated pic in my photo gallery....

Randy4ut
09-11-2009, 08:29 AM
Randy, there's a good chance your psittacorum will bloom this year. It's one of the very few that will bloom on first year growth. Just don't over water it until you see a few new stalks with leaves.

Just j, I'm growing one orthotricha, Eden Pink. Nice blooms. Not one of the more difficult ones to grow.


Steve

Well, I am finally happy to report that you were right SteveL!!! My psittacorum came back strong and is blooming like it usually does!!! Here are a couple of pics!!!

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/Misc%20Plants%202009/091109Miscpics001.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/Misc%20Plants%202009/091109Miscpics003.jpg

Steve L
09-11-2009, 08:31 AM
Good job Randy. Your plant looks very happy.

Steve

jack hagenaars
09-16-2009, 03:40 PM
Ok Randy...I'm jelous! What do you do with it in the winter????

Randy4ut
09-16-2009, 07:37 PM
Ok Randy...I'm jelous! What do you do with it in the winter????

Jack, I have had this plant in this pot for three years now. Every fall I bring it into my den and it continues to bloom til about Thanksgiving. The first two years, I used a large humidifier in the den and it did fairly well. Last winter I didn't and it suffered. It completely died back to the soil and I thought I lost it. Well, once it went outside, the crazy thing started growing and hasn't stopped. The biggest problem I had with this plant, like many other plants that are grown inside, was spider mites. I will be sure to keep the humidifier going all winter this year!!!! I have taken a couple of divisions off it in sprintime, and it fills in quickly!!!
If you don't have one of these heliconias, you gotta get one!!!

island cassie
09-16-2009, 09:51 PM
You are going to hate me for this but I couldn't resist!!! I'm with Lorax - most have to be severely confined even if they are not travellers.

SouthLA - that is a pretty pink and white heliconia in the foreground of your photo - unusual colors!

jack hagenaars
09-17-2009, 01:49 PM
I would love one of those....unfortunetley,cant find one anywhere here...I guess I will just have to admire yours......

lorax
09-18-2009, 10:30 AM
LOL, Cass! They are definitely strictly contained in my gardens.... The other thing that really irks folks here is when we mention that these are weeds they're growing. If I had a dime for every heliconia I've had to pull up, I'd have enough to buy ice cream for the entire board....

Jack, if you're really pining for a heliconia, I can keep my eyes open for seeds.

Steve L
09-18-2009, 10:42 AM
I'm growing 5 varieties in the ground but being in Zone 9, they stop growing from Nov. to March so they are not quite as invasive as in the tropics. Most of mine however are in containers. That doesn't necessarily mean they behave themselves though as some of the medium size and large size heliconia can easily grow enough in one summer to bust out of a 20 gallon pot. The Strictas seem to be big time runners and I've eliminated all but one of that varitey and it's in a pot. Most others seem to only only need cleaning out every 2 years here for me.

Steve

lorax
09-18-2009, 01:01 PM
I've found that the worst offenders are the 'platanillo' type ones - they get very tall, which means that seed dispersion is over a wider area, and they also run. Bijao (H. bihai) in particular is highly invasive and a fast runner.

Steve L
09-18-2009, 01:06 PM
I attempted to grow several Bihai, Caribaea, and Bihai/Caribaea crosses (Jacquinii) and gave up. They just needed way to large of a container and got too heavy to put in the greenhouse during the winter. I am currently trying Richmond Red and so far it has behaved itself. Might even get a bloom in the spring.


Steve

Steve L
09-18-2009, 01:07 PM
I attempted to grow several Bihai, Caribaea, and Bihai/Caribaea crosses (Jacquinii) and gave up. They just needed way to large of a container and got too heavy to put in the greenhouse during the winter. I am currently trying Richmond Red and so far it has behaved itself. Might even get a bloom in the spring.


Steve

lorax
09-18-2009, 01:13 PM
Best of luck! I have never attempted to grow Bijao outside of the ground, but I can imagine that it would fill even a large pot rather quickly given its growth rate. However, a zone 9 winter shouldn't be enough to kill Bijao in the ground as long as you mulch it well - you don't routinely get snow, do you?

Steve L
09-18-2009, 01:19 PM
We get snow about every 20 years. We get several mild freezes though and that seems to be just enough cold to stunt the mature growth on the heliconia, which in spring, usually terminate. New growth then appears and the cycle starts over. Occasionally, with a mild winter, I'll have a few undamaged stalks of Rostrata, Pedro Ortiz, Scheideana and Latispatha Orange which will bloom. With a little protection, and lows no lower than 28, I can get all of the stalks to survive but it's a pain in the arse.

Steve

lorax
09-18-2009, 01:22 PM
Hmmm. Sounds like as good a reason as any to move to the tropics, no cierto?

Steve L
09-18-2009, 02:44 PM
Oh believe me Beth, I've certainly given a lot of thought to that idea. Tenga un buen fin de semana.

Bananaman88
09-19-2009, 10:39 PM
Steve,

I'm still feeding my potted Heliconias with the hopes of getting some blooms before winter.

Steve L
09-21-2009, 07:14 AM
So am I Brent. It's been a poor year for heliconia blooms for me and I've rarely gotten blooms on mine this time of year. My plumeria didn't bloom well either.

saltydad
09-21-2009, 12:02 PM
Same here. Lots of good growth but blooms are scarce. Since I'll be moving them inside soon, no feeding until spring.

jack hagenaars
10-29-2009, 06:24 PM
Lorax if you would be so kind ,I would LOVE some seeds. On another note,My Heliconia s. "fire and ice" has had two frosts and yet it is still growing. I did take a piece inside just incase...but I want to see if it will survive my zone 8.....

lorax
10-29-2009, 06:37 PM
Jack, pm me your info - if you have hops seed to trade, they'll be winging their way to you tomorrow.

jack hagenaars
10-29-2009, 06:51 PM
I have sent you a PM....hops are growing next door.....cheers

momoese
11-13-2009, 05:52 PM
Ok Heliconia people, my flowers are all gone. What do I do now, cut down the plants just leaving the new stems, or dead head the flowers and leave the old ones?

lorax
11-14-2009, 09:33 AM
Deadhead, Mitch. You don't get enough frost to kill them back, and if you remove the spent flower stems (assuming that you didn't have opportunistic hummingbirds or bees - check for seed production), you can lop them off close to the base and more flowers will follow. If you take the leaves, the plants will have to concentrate on making more of them before they can consider blooming again.

saltydad
11-14-2009, 04:10 PM
My psittacorum v. Andromeda is in a large pot. It got zapped with the cold, and the leaves, stem and one flower are fried. Should I cut it down to soil level, leave it, or what? Obviously it's now in my living room instead of the patio. Thanks.

Bananaman88
11-16-2009, 01:25 PM
If it's totally brown you will probably need to cut the affected stalks back to the soil line.

Dalmatiansoap
12-21-2009, 02:23 PM
OK ppls I need some help ;). But, first things first...
I recived Heliconia fire & ice seeds few days ago, soaked them, cleaned them, dryed them and now I need sowing info of any kind!
Or just to treat them as naners and palm seed? The most important to me is to know do they need temp. fluctations and high temp (more than 30C).
OK, thats it, cannot talk anymore with mouthfull of seeds ;)!
Thanks
:woohoonaner:

lorax
12-21-2009, 03:19 PM
Treat them like bananas. A soil temp around 20-25 C is ideal, and moisture is important. Basically, I'd sow them into damp peat in ziplock baggies and leave them on the back of the fridge until they pop.

LilRaverBoi
12-21-2009, 06:15 PM
So can someone give me the low-down on H. Rostrata? That one is on my 'list' for potential plants to buy once I have space. Are these invasive as well? Please share any info you guys know...cause I'd like to learn more.

lorax
12-21-2009, 06:52 PM
They won't be invasive for you, not at all. They are for me, though, because I have no such winter to keep them in line.

Plus they're purdy.

LilRaverBoi
12-21-2009, 07:26 PM
Well, I was talking about indoors in a large planting area (kinda like being in the ground outdoors, but under a roof).

island cassie
12-21-2009, 09:25 PM
Bryan - Rostrata is one of the better behaved ones - I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it as it doesn't travel much.

LilRaverBoi
12-22-2009, 01:37 AM
Awesome! Thanks for the info, both of you!

Bananaman88
12-22-2009, 12:52 PM
Bryan,

I may be dividing mine in the spring and could possibly send you some rhizomes.

LilRaverBoi
12-23-2009, 03:20 AM
Hmmmm....that sounds overly tempting (even though space is limited!)!