Carla's Heliconia Garden
Heliconias

NAME

Heliconia secunda

subgenus Griggsia

section Contortex

native to: Panama and Costa Rica

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PHOTOS













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VEGETATION

habit: musoid
height: 3 meters
comment: The pseudostems hava a tendency to lean, and the plant is splayed out in all directions.

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INFLORESCENCE

form: pendent
orientation: spiral or contorted
bract color: red
rachis: red
number of bracts: 9

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2000-07-15-21
location: Costa Rica, Poas Hwy, high on Atlantic slope.
elevation: about 800 meters
climate: some year-round rain and fog
shade percent: 50 %
habitat notes: in road margin with forest behind

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: 2000
where planted: lower house
first flowering: 2002

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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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