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HELICONIAS RIZHOMES

Plant
HELICONIA
Name Heliconia Heidi
Habit Musoid
Height 3 - 6 mts
Inflorescence
Habit Erect
Orientation Distichous
Bracts 8 - 15 red, yellow, green, orange
Commercial facts
Shade 0% to 15%
Distance between plants 3 mts x 2 mts
Inflorescences per plant / year 40 inflorecences
Months from planting to flowering 12 months
Germination rate of rhizomes 90%
Average weight of 1 rhizome 350 grs
Average weight per commercial inflorescence 700 grs
Vase life after cutting 12 days
Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence 2- 6 bracts
Price per rhizome US $ 39.95/ Rhizome
Shoot's growth habit Compact
Potential uses Cut flower, ornamental plant, protection of streams, landscaping.
Observations The identification guides do not classify this flower, so it is named for my wife. It's a great collector's plant, too.
 


 

 

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
 

 
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