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HELICONIA GIRALDESI
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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
Heliconias| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia Giraldesi | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 3.5 - 7 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Pendent | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 8 - 18 red | |
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| Shade | 0% to 15% | |
| Distance between plants | 4 mts x 2 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 20 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 12 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 450 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 800 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 8 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2- 6 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US $ 69.95/ Rhizome | |
| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |
| Potential uses | Ornamental plant, protection of streams, landscaping. | |
| Observations | The identification guides do not classify this flower, so it is named for my family name. It's a great collector's plant, too. | |
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Some
of the information was taken from the book:
Heliconias de Antioquia - Guia de Identificacion y
Cultivo
Departamento de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia.
By Victor Maza Barros and Juan Jose Builes Gomez
Heliconias
- Flores Tropicales
