Carla's Heliconia Garden

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NAME

Heliconia vaginalis (from Changuinola)

subgenus Stenochlamys

section Cannastrum

native to: Panama

comment: ID uncertain. Some plants in the wild don't seem to fit into neat categories and I may get them wrong.

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PHOTOS

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VEGETATION

habit: cannoid

height: 4.5 meters

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INFLORESCENCE

form: erect

orientation: distichous

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ACCESSION DATA

accession number: 2004-06-17-01

location: Panama, Bocas del Toro province, 1/2 hour up the Changuinola River from El Silencio

elevation: 20 meters

climate: Atlantic, humid all year

soil type: clayey

shade percent: 75 %

common at this location: Not particularly common here.

associated species: irrasa, wagneriana

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MY SPECIMEN

date planted: 19-06-2004

number of rhizomes: 3

where planted: near mathiasiae under guamo

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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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