Heliconia Platystachys Rhizomes Flowers - Tropical Flowers Seeds & Plants - Colombia Fresh Cut - Foliage - Exotic Plants Rizhomes
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HELICONIA
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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
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| Name | Heliconia platystachys Baker | |||
| Habit | Musoid | |||
| Height | 3 - 6mts | |||
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| Habit | Pendent | |||
| Orientation | Spiral | |||
| Bracts | 15 - 25 red, yellow, orange | |||
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| Shade | 0% to 10% | |||
| Distance between plants | 3 mts x 4.5 mts | |||
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 35 inflorecences | |||
| Months from planting to flowering | 12 months | |||
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |||
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 500 grs | |||
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 600 grs | |||
| Vase life after cutting | 12 days | |||
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2- 4 bracts | |||
| Price per rhizome | US $ 19.95/ Rhizome | |||
| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |||
| Potential uses | Cut flower, protection of streams, landscaping. | |||
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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
