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Heliconias
Heliconia irrasa (red and green)
subgenus Heliconia
section Tortex
- comment: I'm not 100% sure of the ID.
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This plant has more green on the rachis than other irrasa I have seen.
Very convolute bract lips.
Not too big.
Growing in shade.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 1.4 meters
- leaf blade: 75 centimeters
- leaf blade: 65 - 20 L - W in centimeters
- stems per clump: 2 - 3
- comment: slightly fuzzy lower stem
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- form: erect
- orientation: spiral
- bract color: orange-red outside, yellow inside
- rachis: green
- number of bracts: 6
- overall length: 20 centimeters
- bract size: 10 - 2.5 L - W in centimeters
- flower color: yellow, upper sepal recurved
- flower form: slightly curved
- ovary: none to be seen
- comment: bracts slightly fuzzy
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- accession number: 2005-03-10-01
- location: Panama, Veraguas province, Guabal de Rio Luis (north of Santa Fe)
- elevation: 247 meters
- climate: No marked dry season.
- soil type: loamy
- shade percent: 80 %
- habitat notes: secondary growth along road
- common at this location: somewhat
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- date planted: March 2005
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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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