What species of heliamphora are commonly sold?

[cory]

Hey all,

I am looking into buying a few of the Heli's, and I would like a selection that would allow me to do some crossing, as my ever increasing desire to create a new type of carnivorous plant grows...

Any advice on ones that are easy enough to find (I just can't do the smuggling thing....or can I.....)

Anyways, thanks everybody!

Cory

[kby]

I don't think any of the species are too difficult to find. Andreas Wistuba is at least one of the primary distributors. However, if you're looking for mature things, you should probably ask what the stock is. The sort of "classic" older species—heterodoxa, minor, nutans are probably the easier to find mature specimens of. The more newly described/catalogued ones tend to be smaller (relatively recently out of tissue culture). Of the more newly discovered/catalogued species, folliculata seems to be relatively fast.-kby