Heliconia Xanthovillosa Rhizomes Flowers - Tropical Flowers Seeds & Plants - Colombia Fresh Cut - Foliage - Exotic Plants Rizhomes
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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
Heliconias| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia xanthovillosa Kress | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 3 - 7 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Pendent | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 22 - 35 red, yellow | |
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| Shade | 0% to 15% | |
| Distance between plants | 4 mts x 2.5 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 35 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 16 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 350 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 950 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 8 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2- 10 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US $ 49.95/ Rhizome | |
| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |
| Potential uses | Cut flower, ornamental plant, protection of streams, landscaping. | |
| Observations | Great collector's plant. | |
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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
