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Heliconias
Heliconia imbricata
subgenus Taeniostrobus
section subgenus without sections
- native to: Panama to Nicaragua
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The inflorescence is good-looking when young.
In the wild, Bocas del Toro.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 2 - 4 meters
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: Red with some yellow on keel and near rachis.
- rachis: red
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- accession number: 1999-08-19-06
- elevation: 0-700 meters
- climate: wet all year
- soil type: loam to clay
- shade percent: 0-50 %
- habitat notes: Growing mosty in disturbed area alongside the road.
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- date planted: Aug. 2000
- where planted: sector 5; new one June 2004 below west entry
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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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