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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
Heliconias| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia Bihai (L) L. cv. Schaefer's | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 2.5 - 4 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 6 - 10 red, dark green and yellow | |
| Commercial
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| Shade | 5% to 25% | |
| Distance between plants | 3 mts x 2 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 40 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 10 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 85% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 350 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 380 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 5 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2 - 4 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US $ 37.95/ 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
