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Heliconias
Heliconia xanthovillosa
subgenus Griggsia
section Barbatae
- native to: Panama
- endemic: Panama
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A real beauty.
Growing pretty much in the stream, with C. nodosa.
A close-up of Calathea nodosa, a common associated species.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 5 - 6 meters
- leaf blade: 76 centimeters
- leaf blade: 130 - 32 L - W in centimeters
- stems per clump: 2 - 5
- comment: Plants in sunnier locations are shorter than those in the shade.
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- form: pendant
- orientation: spiral
- bract color: yellow, green distally; basal bract keel with tint of red
- rachis: greenish yellow
- number of bracts: 20
- bract size: 8 - 3.5 L - W in centimeters
- flower color: light yellow, darker distally, hairy
- flower form: straight
- comment: The entire inflorescence is covered in long tan hairs.
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- accession number: 2004-08-13-02
- location: Panama, Panama province, El Llano - Cartí road
- elevation: 421 meters
- climate: Near summit of continental divide, so some dry season though possibly not severe.
- soil type: quite clayey
- shade percent: 60 - 80 %
- habitat notes: Primary or old secondary forest. Lots of Marantaceaes, aroids.
- common at this location: Yes.
- associated species: longiflora, pogonantha, longa
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- date planted: 17-08-04
- number of rhizomes: 4
- where planted: near chartacea at lower house; between orchid log and guest house on slope
- comment: Both clumps are beginning to sprout.
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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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