Carla's Heliconia Garden

• NAME
• PHOTOS
• VEGETATION
• INFLORESCENCE
• ACCESSION DATA
• MY SPECIMEN
• CONTACT ME

NAME

Heliconia ramonensis (El Copé)

subgenus Griggsia

section Barbatae

native to: Panama and Costa Rica

comment: I could be wrong on this ID.

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PHOTOS

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VEGETATION

habit: musoid

height: 5 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: pendent

orientation: spiral

bract color: red, pinkish on newer bracts, darker distally

rachis: pink shading to white on newer rachis

number of bracts: 21

ovary: lavender, mostly undeveloped

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2003-08-23-02

location: Panama, Veraguas province, north of El Copé

elevation: 600 meters

climate: wet all year

soil type: loam

shade percent: 50 - 75 %

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: August 2003

comment: The plant collected was not that in the photos, nor did it have a live, colorful inflorescence. We shall see what I actually brought home.

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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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