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Heliconias
Heliconia faunorum
subgenus Heliconia
section Tortex
- native to: Panama
- endemic: Panama
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I had this plant mis-identified for a long time, but now I think it's right now.
A small, delicate inflorescence.
The entire plant would be inconspicuous when not in flower.
The stem is polished and seems hard. Some stems are very wavy, others not quite so.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 2 meters
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- form: erect
- orientation: spiral
- bract color: red, yellow inside
- rachis: red
- number of bracts: 6
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- accession number: 2000-07-05-001
- location: Panama, Veraguas province, Santa Fe, Alto de Piedra
- elevation: 900 meters
- climate: wet all year
- soil type: loam
- shade percent: 50 - 70 %
- habitat notes: Undisturbed forest, except for excessive orchid collection.
- common at this location: Plants widely spaced; not too common.
- associated species: thomasiana, vaginalis, pogonantha var. veraguasensis, trichocarpa
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- date planted: Sept. 2003
- where planted: below mathiasiae under guamo in sector 1
- first flowering: not yet as of Aug. 2004
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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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