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Carla's Heliconia Garden |
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Heliconias
Heliconia latispatha Distans
subgenus Heliconia
section Tortex
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Small.
Growing in the shadehouse.
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- habit: musoid
- height: .75 - 1.25 meters
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- form: erect
- orientation: spiral
- bract color: yellow, red distally
- rachis: yellow
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- accession number: 2002-07-01-00
- location: El Salvador, Interamerican hwy south of San Salvador
- elevation: 690 meters
- climate: distinct dry season
- soil type: sandy loam
- shade percent: 50 %
- habitat notes: recently disturbed areas
- common at this location: common and invasive
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- date planted: July 2002
- where planted: sector 1; under citrus in newest garden bed
- first flowering: 2003
- comment: The individual that was in the ground declined and died; there are no signs of invasive behavior in my yard! I am trying again.
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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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