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Carla's Heliconia Garden |
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Heliconias
Heliconia collinseana
subgenus Griggsia
section Pendulae
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These might be the most decorative ovaries of all common heliconias.
Nice plants with a compact base, if you don't mind shredded leaves.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 4 - 5 meters
- comment: Very pretty.
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- form: pendent
- orientation: spiral
- bract color: Orange-red with white waxy coating on distal half.
- rachis: orange-red
- number of bracts: 8 - 10
- ovary: Light orange; many and large, prominent and attractive.
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- accession number: 2000-07-05-0017
- location: Costa Rica, Vivero La Bonita
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- date planted: July 2000
- where planted: sector 1 near road
- first flowering: 2002
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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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