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Heliconias
Heliconia ramonensis var. xanthotricha
subgenus Griggsia
section Barbatae
- native to: Panama
- endemic: Panama
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Collecting in 2001.
The first blooms in my yard! In 2005.
"Xanthotricha" refers to the yellow hairs.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 3 - 4 meters
- color notes: some leaves have maroon underneath
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- form: pendent
- orientation: slightly spiral
- bract color: pinkish red
- rachis: red, fuzzy
- number of bracts: 15 or more
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- location: Panama, Coclé province, El Valle, Cerro Gaital
- elevation: about 1100 meters
- climate: wet all year
- shade percent: 75 %
- habitat notes: secondary forest
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- date planted: 2001
- where planted: in SE corner (naranjilla patch)
- first flowering: February 2005
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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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