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Heliconias
Heliconia nutans (small distichous)
subgenus Griggsia
section Contortex
- native to: Panama and Costa Rica
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Prettiest of the nutan forms.
This is a plant in my yard. Nutans needs to be renewed regularly, and I replant rhizomes when the mother plant is at the peak of health.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 1.5 - 2 meters
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- form: pendant
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: clear red
- rachis: red
- number of bracts: 6 - 8
- ovary: green
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- accession number: 1999-02-01-03
- location: Panama, Chiriquí province, Los Pozos
- elevation: 1400 meters
- climate: seasonally dry
- soil type: loam
- shade percent: 50 - 80 %
- habitat notes: secondary forest
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- date planted: 1999
- where planted: above driveway
- first flowering: 2000
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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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