Carla's Heliconia Garden
Heliconias


NAME

Heliconia psittacorum St. Vincent Red

subgenus Heliconia

section Stenochlamys

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PHOTOS




St. Vincent Red? Or just something similar?





A stronger inflorescence a year later. That's an interesting color shift in the flowers.





The plant sends out shoots so far from the mother plant that it seems to wander around. It is pretty sparse here in the shade.


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VEGETATION

habit: musoid
height: 1 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect
orientation: distichous
bract color: red
rachis: red
number of bracts: 2 - 3

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2000-07-15-0012
location: Costa Rica, from ornamental planting

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: June, 2000
where planted: in papo garden
first flowering: 2001

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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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