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Heliconias
Heliconia irrasa (red and yellow)
subgenus Heliconia
section Tortex
- native to: Panama and Costa Rica
- comment: The H. irrasa red form and the red-yellow form often grow right next to each other.
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In the cloud forest near El Cope.
H. irrasa is common in many habitats and at many elevations in Panama.
This is a bud on a plant in Costa Rica near the Panamanian border.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 1.5 - 2 meters
- comment: Bracts are fuzzy, the lips close over the flower bases, the lip edge is uneven and the tip curls back, giving the whole thing a rather frilly look.
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- form: erect
- orientation: spiral
- bract color: yellow with wide red lip, same inside and out
- rachis: yellow
- number of bracts: 6 - 9
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- accession number: 2003-08-23-0004
- location: Panama, Veraguas province, El Cope
- elevation: 600 meters
- climate: cloud forest
- soil type: loam
- shade percent: 60 %
- habitat notes: old secondary forest
- common at this location: H. irrasa is common in many habitats and at many elevations in Panama.
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- date planted: August 2003
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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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