Carla's Heliconia Garden
Heliconias


NAME

Heliconia nutans (small spiral)

subgenus Griggsia

section Contortex

native to: Panama and Costa Rica

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PHOTOS




Beyond spiral to contorted!





My clump two years ago.





It has grown.


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VEGETATION

habit: musoid
height: 1.25 - 1.75 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: pendant
orientation: tight spiral (more than 90% deg. bract)
bract color: clear red
rachis: red
number of bracts: 6 - 8

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 1999-02-01-0003
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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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: 1999
where planted: above driveway
first flowering: 2000

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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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