Carla's Heliconia Garden

• NAME
• PHOTOS
• VEGETATION
• INFLORESCENCE
• ACCESSION DATA
• MY SPECIMEN
• CONTACT ME

NAME

Heliconia Golden Torch hybrid

subgenus I'm uncertain

section I'm uncertain

comment: Supposed hybrid of psittacorum and spathocircinata.

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PHOTOS

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VEGETATION

habit: musoid

height: 1.5 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect

orientation: spiral

bract color: Yellow with some red at base of bracts.

rachis: yellow

number of bracts: 6

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 1998-08-01-01

location: Panama, Veraguas, Santiago, from ornamental planting

elevation: lowlands meters

climate: seasonally dry

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: 1998 in Panama City, transferred to home early 1999

first flowering: 1999

comment: Golden Torch has never been very happy in my yard. Probably a good thing, seeing its invasive habit in other places.

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CONTACT ME

Carla Black

Our other web page is http://www.volcanbaru.com

e-mail: carla (at) heliconiagarden (.) com

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