Carla's Heliconia Garden

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

NAME

Heliconia atropurpurea

subgenus Taeniostrobus

section subgenus without sections

native to: Panama and Costa Rica

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PHOTOS

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VEGETATION

habit: musoid

height: 2 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect

orientation: distichous

bract color: Dark red, yellow keel proximally.

rachis: Not visible due to overlapping bracts.

number of bracts: 15

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ACCESSION DATA

location: Panamá, Bocas del Toro, Fortuna Divide, in forest near highway

elevation: about 1000 meters

climate: No distinct dry season.

soil type: loam

shade percent: 80 %

habitat notes: Primary forest margin. Cloudy all dry season, so the area is very wet all year. Cool, often breezy.

common at this location: somewhat

associated species: ramonensis var. lanuginosa, vaginalis, clinophila, Twister

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: August 2002

where planted: 1) sector 2-west 2) in bananas, NE area 3) plant collected June 2004 in naranjillas

first flowering: not as of Oct. 2003

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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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