Carla's Heliconia Garden

• NAME
• PHOTOS
• VEGETATION
• INFLORESCENCE
• ACCESSION DATA
• MY SPECIMEN
• CONTACT ME

NAME

Heliconia latispatha (Pistachio)

subgenus Heliconia

section Tortex

native to: Costa Rica

comment: Pistachio is my name for this one. If anyone else is already using a variety name, let me know.

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PHOTOS

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VEGETATION

habit: musoid

height: 4 - 5 meters

comment: Stems grow in a close clump at the base; unusual for a latispatha.

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect

orientation: spiral

bract color: red with a little yellow proximally

rachis: green

number of bracts: 8

ovary: green

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2000-07-15-0016

location: Costa Rica, Poas Hwy, Sarapiqui

elevation: about 1000 meters

shade percent: 40 %

habitat notes: growing on steep slope down from hwy.

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: July 2000

where planted: naranjilla patch; section 5; east of bridge

first flowering: 2001

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CONTACT ME

Carla Black

Our other web page is http://www.volcanbaru.com

e-mail: carla (at) heliconiagarden (.) com

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