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Heliconias
Heliconia stricta (slim red)
subgenus Heliconia
section Heliconia
- comment: I am not sure of this ID. Maybe it is not a stricta, but rather a bihai. I don't have any clues from the Costa Rican nursery where I bought it.
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Small, delicate flower compared to other strictas. Maybe I am wrong on the species.
Undulating leaves, like a stricta.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 3 meters
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: red with thin green lip
- rachis: red
- number of bracts: 7
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- accession number: 2001-03-03-0001
- location: Costa Rica, Vivero La Bonita, San Isidro
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- date planted: March 2001
- where planted: naranjilla patch
- first flowering: Continued flowering after planting entire 5-gal pot without separating rhizomes.
- comment: A strong grower; if I didn't have enough room, I would call it somewhat invasive.
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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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