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Heliconias
Heliconia unID from Boquete
subgenus I'm uncertain
section I'm uncertain
- native to: Panama
- comment: I don't recognize this from the references I have.
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The high elevation makes this an unusual heliconia.
Quite small compared to nearby H. lankesteri var. rubra.
Flowers.
The leaf has a very thin maroon margin.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 2.2 meters
- leaf blade: 36 centimeters
- leaf blade: 64 - 12 L - W in centimeters
- color notes: red tint on upper petiole
- stems per clump: 2 - 3
- comment: Each blooming stem had only 3 or 4 mature leaves. A large basal bract leaf is common. New sprouts grow on rather long runners.
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: light red
- rachis: light red
- number of bracts: 6 - 7
- overall length: 22 centimeters
- bract size: 14 - 2 L - W in centimeters
- flower color: yellow
- flower form: straight
- ovary: yellow
- comment: conspicuous floral bracts
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- accession number: 2005-04-09-01
- location: Panama, Chiriqui, Boquete, Parque Internacional de la Amistad, Sendero del Pianista #1
- elevation: 1650 meters
- climate: Cloud forest, cool and wet at this elevation.
- soil type: loamy
- shade percent: 30 %
- habitat notes: Very damp all year round; lots of epiphytes; heavy understory growth.
- common at this location: yes
- associated species: H. lankesteri var. rubra
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- date planted: April 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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