Carla's Heliconia Garden
Heliconias


NAME

Heliconia stricta Tagami

subgenus Heliconia

section Helcionia

comment: I'm open to alternative suggestions for the cultivar name of this H. stricta.

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PHOTOS




My first flower.





It is growing in deep shade, which slows its growth and probably makes it taller.


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VEGETATION

height: 1.5 - 2 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect
orientation: distichous
bract color: Red with yellow lip and green keel on lowest bract, yellow keel on upper bracts.
rachis: yellow
number of bracts: 4 - 5

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2002-07-05-0135
location: Costa Rica, Vivero La Bonita

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: Junly 2002
where planted: sector 2
first flowering: April 2005

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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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