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Carla's Heliconia Garden |
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Heliconias
Heliconia caribaea Chartreuse
subgenus Heliconia
section Heliconia
- common name: Chartreuse, Persian Eyes
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The inflorescence takes on different colors as it matures.
A young one.
This plant was slow to get going, but it's very strong now. A different one in a shadier location is very small.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 4 meters
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: Green with some yellow proximally, becoming more yellow with age.
- number of bracts: 8
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- location: Costa Rica, Highland Heliconia
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- date planted: June, 2000
- where planted: naranjilla patch
- first flowering: 2001
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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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