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Heliconias
Heliconia lankesteri var. rubra
subgenus Heliconia
section Farinosae
- native to: Panama, and Costa Rica
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Note the turned-out lip.
It is a rather tall one. The cultivated area is obvious in the background.
It is taking a lot of sun and UV at nearly 2000m, but it still looks pretty good.
All of my specimens, old and new, decided to bloom in 2005.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 3.8 meters
- leaf blade: 90 centimeters
- leaf blade: 117 - 27 L - W in centimeters
- color notes: Red lower midrib, maroon venation on underside of leaves joins to make a maroon margin, especially on younger leaves.
- stems per clump: many
- comment: Leaves are held upright.
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: Red, sometimes orange proximally.
- rachis: Red, sometimes orange.
- number of bracts: 14
- overall length: 30 centimeters
- bract size: lowest, 17 - 2.5; middle, 9 - 2.5; top 4 - 1.5 L - W in centimeters
- ovary: green
- comment: Lots of seeds.
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- accession number: 2004-07-18-01
- location: Panama, Chiriquí province, Cerro Punta, Finca Yadrian
- elevation: 1993 meters
- climate: Marked dry season, but with clouds and mist. Very rainy rainy season.
- soil type: Loamy.
- shade percent: 30 %
- habitat notes: In a narrow uncut stream course surrounded by cultivation.
- common at this location: Yes.
- associated species: None at this elevation!
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- date planted: 18-07-04
- number of rhizomes: 4 in one clump with leaves and all.
- where planted: west end of entry across from lankesteri var.lankesteri
- comment: Didn't miss a beat, and kept growing strongly. Others I had brought home as rhizomes in years past never recovered though they haven't died, either.
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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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