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Post by snapperhead51 on May 30, 2015 7:48:34 GMT -5
,this is a older photo taken spring last year after a total heli re-pot of all helis, could not fit them all on this bench so the over flow are scattered around the G/H a older one still more recent photo, sold a lot to make room for other things
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Post by bradt on May 30, 2015 11:28:24 GMT -5
Looks great John, what do you use to fertilize?
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Post by vraev on May 30, 2015 15:29:38 GMT -5
Beautiful pics John. Thanks for sharing. You have clearly been in this hobby for a long long time.
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Post by lloyd on May 30, 2015 15:52:57 GMT -5
Must get more superlatives.
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Post by snapperhead51 on May 30, 2015 19:00:15 GMT -5
Looks great John, what do you use to fertilize? Hay Brad me old friend , may bee less of the old ha ha ha , just a Ozzie welcome term mate , didnt know you were in here too they like the focus fert, is what I use and I put a bit of sea weed fert liquid in as well just a bit they seem to like it , had to protect them from sun this summer dew to it extreme intensity this summer sun here ,why looking so green, now its cooled off i got some colour back into them.
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Post by snapperhead51 on May 30, 2015 19:15:10 GMT -5
showing some in flower like H.tatie, H.foloiculata , H.ioasii , H.heterdoxa x ionasii , ,H.minor x hetero , ,H. nutants giant , H.nutants x hetero and several others
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Post by amanitovirosa on May 30, 2015 21:06:38 GMT -5
...hello Snapperhead, thanks for posting more pics of your collection. Heliamphora in a greenhouse???, hmm, I thought they liked cooler temps. I would not put any of mine in my greenhouse where temps will probably reach, or surpass 35 degrees Celcius.
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Post by snapperhead51 on May 30, 2015 22:12:48 GMT -5
well there very hardy plants and my temps get well above that here in summer even with water cooling air con , as out side tepms get well over 40c regularly for weeks at a time , last year i recoded temps in mid Jan of 56c + out side the G/H & between the house and unit out back , it got that hot is stuffed the led screen on my dig thermometer it totally blacked out , and as u see the helis are ok ,just need that good amount or high air flow to combat it . and resolvable humidity up from 50%
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Post by Maiden on May 30, 2015 22:22:25 GMT -5
John's thumbs are so green, he can grow a entire heliamphora collection at 40C and 50%RH. !
He is the only one i know able to do that... Exept Chuck Norris.
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Post by snapperhead51 on May 31, 2015 3:17:10 GMT -5
ha ha ha omg Maiden I am going to fall a long way here soon i think ha ha ha !! I ant that good really !!.
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Post by vraev on May 31, 2015 3:31:53 GMT -5
Haha! Didn't realize you were the John Yates mate. Lol! I remember watching your video on ABC a while back. www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s3552232.htm Truly fantastic collection John and fantastic to see one of the experts in the field here. Now it is no surprise that you have such amazing plants.
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Post by snapperhead51 on May 31, 2015 4:53:19 GMT -5
O yes that's me , Sofie was great to do the TV show with ,she was so impressed with the plants and what I was doing she brought all her 5 kids back a few days later to show them the pants ,they were all stocked as
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Post by pinhead on May 31, 2015 22:13:14 GMT -5
Amazing plants.
There must be something about the Australian climate that the Heliamphora love. I visited Geoff Mansell of Exotica Plants in Queensland a decade ago and his greenhouse of mature, flowering Heliamphora were breath taking. I know there is a big difference between Adelaide and almost tropical Queensland, but your Heliamphora are just as impressive. One thing Geoff couldn't grow was Darlingtonia. I'd gladly give up the Darlingtonia for the Nepenthes and Heliamphora you can grow in Australia.
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Post by lucanidae on Jun 1, 2015 0:40:27 GMT -5
John I don't know how you do it. All my helies die at 22'c during the day inside my terrarium last summer. ionasi is the only survivor. Not even the minor x heterodoxa I got from you didnt survive.
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Post by snapperhead51 on Jun 1, 2015 2:37:27 GMT -5
lucanidae, well that sucks !! u must be in AU if you got a heli from me from ebay I amuse! , where are you ? , may be we can problem solve on here ? i find many inputs usually finds the problems,good on here as other to see have input on things as well ., as i realy dont think 22c will have killed your plants is my thinking , as Geoff grows his in over that temp very well too .and mine get way hotter then that , what is your name! if u dont want to say here just pm me ok John
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