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Heliconias
Heliconia Twister yellow (my name for it)
subgenus I'm uncertain
section I'm uncertain
- native to: Panama
- comment: I don't know what this is. Do you?
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We found this in a well-studied area of Panama, but it doesn't show up in the flora of the area. So far no one has given me a sure ID from the photos.
This variety has an all-green leaf and yellow rachis.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 2 - 3 meters
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- form: pendent
- orientation: spiral or contorted
- bract color: Red with yellow at base.
- rachis: yellow
- number of bracts: 10
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- accession number: 2000-03-15-02
- location: Panama, Chiriquí, Fortuna Divide
- elevation: 1100 meters
- climate: wet all year
- shade percent: 50 %
- common at this location: Yes; also in variations between the two Twisters I show here.
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- date planted: March 2000
- where planted: Under guamo
- first flowering: 2001
- comment: Grows very strongly for a few years, then has to be replanted to continue to flourish.
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- Carla Black
- Our other web page is http://www.volcanbaru.com
- e-mail: carla (at) heliconiagarden (.) com
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