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| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia Heidi | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 3 - 6 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 8 - 15 red, yellow, green, orange | |
| Commercial
facts |
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| 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 |
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| 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
| Roses
- Carnations - Chrysantemums - Pompons - Others |
Galapagos
islands |