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Heliconias
Heliconia marginata
subgenus Griggsia
section Rostratae
- native to: Panama, Costa Rica, and into South America
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This is a pretty variation with lots of yellow.
And there was lots of it, though not many inflorescences in January.
It was a challenge to get in to take a few plants!
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- habit: musoid
- height: 2.5 - 3 meters
- leaf blade: 72 centimeters
- leaf blade: 56 - 16 L - W in centimeters
- stems per clump: weedy
- comment: foliage is held upright
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- form: pendant
- orientation: spiral
- bract color: red with yellow, papery thin, convolute lip; two basal bracts are yellower, with a green cheek on the sunny side
- rachis: red
- number of bracts: 8
- overall length: peduncle 41, remainder 25 centimeters
- bract size: 10 - 2 L - W in centimeters
- flower color: yellow, glabrous
- flower form: straight to curved
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- accession number: 2005-01-26-02
- location: Panama, Darien, Yaviza, in the swamp on the edge of town.
- elevation: 33 meters
- climate: seasonally dry
- soil type: swamp
- shade percent: 0 %
- habitat notes: over a hectare of pure H. marginata
- common at this location: ha ha
- associated species: not much except a few aquatic reeds and floaters
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- date planted: 02-02-2005
- number of rhizomes: 2
- where planted: bog of main pond
- comment: sprouting well, though it might get too much UV at our elevation in full sun
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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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