Carla's Heliconia Garden
Heliconias

NAME

Heliconia lingulata Fan (red tip)

subgenus Stenochlamys

section Lanea

common name: Fan

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PHOTOS




This is always a nice plant.





I like the way the flowers are held above the foliage.





This more mature plant is on Sergio Tejedor's farm in Puerto Rico.





Sergio's plants are spectacular.


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VEGETATION

habit: musoid
height: 2 - 2.5 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect
orientation: distichous
bract color: yellow, bright red distally
rachis: yellow
number of bracts: 20-22
ovary: yellow or greenish yellow

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2002-07-05-1230
location: Costa Rica, Vivero La Bonita

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: July 2002
where planted: sector 4

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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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