Carla's Heliconia Garden
Heliconias


NAME

Heliconia longiflora

subgenus Stenochlamys

section Zingiberastrum

native to: Nicaragua to Colombia

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PHOTOS




White-flowered variety in Colon province near the Panama Canal and the coast.





The plant and habitat in Colon province.





This is our first one, collected from a yard in David, Panama.





A wild plant alongside the road in southern Costa Rica.


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VEGETATION

habit: zingiberoid
height: 1.5 - 2 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect
orientation: distichous
bract color: orange
rachis: orange
number of bracts: 7
ovary: orange

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2003-07-21-0100
location: from a yard in David, Chiriqui, Panama

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: July 2003
where planted: sector 1 west

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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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