aruzinsky

On 6/24/21, I ordered three different varieties of heliconia psittacorum from the following three Ebay sellers:

1. https://www.ebay.com/itm/255017479855
2. https://www.ebay.com/itm/124747044889
3. https://www.ebay.com/itm/294006300239

It is standard practice to ship heliconia rhizomes with the leaves cut off but seller 1. left the leaves on which surprised me. Only the plants from seller 1. are thriving and the plants from seller 2. appear to be dead. Left to right, pairs of pots contain plants from 1., 2., and 3. respectively:



About 30 years ago, I had a fairly large collection of heliconias, including several varieties of psittacorum, growing in my greenhouse but I don't remember the exact circumstances by which I acquired them nor do I remember having difficulty getting psittacorum rhizomes to survive.

cincinnana

You have a good deal going on in the greenhouse....

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aruzinsky

Actually, all of my potted plants are outside now and will be moved into the greenhouse in early October.

I had good luck with potted hedychium coronarium rhizomes bought on Ebay. The plants are enormous now but I am waiting for them to bloom before posting a photo. I suspect that I may be able to treat them like cannas by planting in the ground next year, but there wouldn't be any point if they fail to bloom before first frost.

almar

I wonder if the other small plants grew in the end. https://www.windowsreplacementtulsa.com