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Heliconias
Heliconia trichocarpa
subgenus Griggsia
section Sigmoideae
- native to: Costa Rica to Colombia
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Pinkish bracts.
Fuzzy ovaries. That's what "trichocarpa" means, if I'm not mistaken.
Rhizome piles on rhizome; the complete opposite of invasive! This plant usually has a quite a lean, too.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 3 - 4 meters
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- form: pendent
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: pinkish red
- number of bracts: 7
- ovary: white and fuzzy
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- accession number: 2003-08-30-05
- location: Panama, Veraguas province, Santa Fe, Alto de Piedra
- elevation: 858 meters
- climate: no distinct dry season
- soil type: loam
- shade percent: 50 - 70 %
- habitat notes: Secondary forest with thick undergrowth; growing on flat ground.
- common at this location: Yes.
- associated species: ramonensis, latispatha Orange Gyro, thomasiana
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- date planted: September 2003
- where planted: above Querima Gyro in section 1 and east of and above nook in section 3
- first flowering: not yet as of Aug. 2004
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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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