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Heliconias
Heliconia ramonensis var. lanuginosa
subgenus Griggsia
section Barbatae
- native to: Panama
- endemic: Panama
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This is the plant in my yard.
Close-up to see the coloration. I think there are all-red ones on the Fortuna Divide where I got this.
It has attractive dark stems. This is the first and only inflorescence; the plant didn't bloom the following year.
In the wild with Endre Guttmann and Angel.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 4 - 5 meters
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- form: pendent
- orientation: slow spiral (less than 90 deg. per bract)
- bract color: Red distally, yellow proximally; fine bronzy hairs over all
- rachis: yellow
- number of bracts: 18
- comment: I believe we have seen individuals with all-red inflorescences.
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- accession number: 1999-08-19-01
- location: Panama, Bocas del Toro, Fortuna Divide
- elevation: 1100 meters
- climate: wet all year
- soil type: loam
- shade percent: 75 %
- habitat notes: Forest and borders.
- common at this location: Yes
- associated species: atropurpurea, Twister, vaginalis, clinophila
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- date planted: 1999
- where planted: at lower house
- first flowering: 2003, one inflorescence; 2004 none.
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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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