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Heliconias
Heliconia metallica
subgenus Stenochlamys
section Cannastrum
- native to: Honduras to Bolivia
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Flower of collected plant in the field.
The plant growing at home
Flower of a different plant in a very different location in the wild.
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- habit: cannoid
- height: 2 - 4 meters
- color notes: Dark green leaves with light midrib above; maroon below on most Panamanian plants, but some are all green.
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: green
- rachis: light reddish green
- number of bracts: 7
- ovary: white with black tip
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- accession number: 2002-02-15-01
- location: Panama, Coclé province, El Valle, La India Dormida
- elevation: 700 meters
- climate: distinct dry season
- soil type: loam
- shade percent: 60 %
- habitat notes: primary forest
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- date planted: February 2002
- where planted: naranjilla patch
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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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