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Heliconias
Heliconia psittacorum Lady Di
subgenus Heliconia
section Stenochlamys
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This is from my first flowers at home. It just doesn't compare to the one in the big clump in Costa Rica!
Psittacorums are "mala madres" because the send their children so far from themselves.
A beautiful inflorescence in an impressive planting in Costa Rica.
Nice. Why doesn't mine look like that?
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- habit: musoid
- height: 1.5 meters
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: dark pink
- rachis: dark pink
- number of bracts: 4 - 5
- flower color: light yellow with black tip
- ovary: light yellow
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- accession number: 2003-07-12-01
- location: Costa Rica, ornamental planting at Carara
- elevation: lowlands meters
- climate: seasonally dry
- shade percent: 0 %
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- date planted: 2003
- where planted: in papo garden
- first flowering: Sept. 2004. But it's just a little weakling. Psitts don't do so well for me!
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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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