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Heliconias
Heliconia irrasa (contorted)
subgenus Heliconia
section Tortex
- native to: Panama and Costa Rica
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- habit: musoid
- height: 1.9 meters
- leaf blade: 58 centimeters
- leaf blade: 62 - 19 L - W in centimeters
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- form: erect
- orientation: contorted
- bract color: Light red outside, yellow inside.
- rachis: light red
- number of bracts: 6
- overall length: 17 centimeters
- bract size: 11 - 2 L - W in centimeters
- flower color: yellow
- flower form: slightly curved
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- accession number: 2004-08-13-01
- location: Panama, Panama province, El Llano - Cartí road near summit
- elevation: 339 meters
- climate: Pacific, but no hard dry season
- soil type: clayey
- shade percent: 90 - 100 %
- habitat notes: Thick understory in primary or old secondary forest.
- common at this location: Other irrasa, yes. Contorted, no.
- associated species: longiflora, xanthovillosa
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- date planted: 17-08-2004
- number of rhizomes: 3 in one clump
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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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