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Heliconias
Heliconia ignescens
subgenus Heliconia
section Farinosae
- native to: Costa Rica and Panama
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H. ignescens is a small plant. If it weren't blooming, we might have missed it.
A nice, healthy group.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 1.55 meters
- leaf blade: 24 centimeters
- leaf blade: 40 - 10 L - W in centimeters
- stems per clump: 2 - 4
- comment: Very delicate-looking plant.
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: orange; lighter distally
- rachis: orange
- number of bracts: 6
- overall length: 14 centimeters
- bract size: 12 - 1.5 L - W in centimeters
- flower color: white
- flower form: straight
- comment: Dead flowers tend to remain on the inflorescence.
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- accession number: 2004-07-09-02
- location: Costa Rica, Limon province, Turrialba, near the road between Grano de Oro and Llano del Quetzal
- elevation: 1402 meters
- climate: Atlantic, but I'm not familiar with the year-round rainfall distribution.
- soil type: On top of rocky soil, under the leaf litter.
- shade percent: 75 %
- habitat notes: Primary or old secondary forest; lots of vegetation in general.
- common at this location: Numerous plants together at this spot, but no other groups nearby.
- associated species: tortuosa, Sipi (my name for it) - see webpage
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- date planted: 10-07-2004
- number of rhizomes: 6
- where planted: under guamo with psitts; near lower bella; in pot (now planted out under guamo).
- comment: The potted rhizomes under the greenhouse roof sprouted and grew quickly. The others are growing but more slowly. Our elevation is similar to ignescens's native area, but we probably have a longer dry season.
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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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