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HELICONIA HIRSUTA
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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
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| Name | Heliconia Hirsuta L.F c.v Costa Flores | |||
| Habit | Zingiberoid | |||
| Height | 2.5 - 6 mts | |||
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| Habit | Erect | |||
| Orientation | Distichous | |||
| Bracts | 4 - 12 red, orange | |||
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| Shade | 0% to 15% | |||
| Distance between plants | 2.5 mts x 1.5 mts | |||
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 70 inflorecences | |||
| Months from planting to flowering | 6 months | |||
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |||
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 70 grs | |||
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 80 grs | |||
| Vase life after cutting | 5 days | |||
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 1 - 4 bracts | |||
| Price per rhizome | US $ 9.95 / Rhizome | |||
| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |||
| Potential uses | Cut flower for special events, ornamental plant, protection of streams, landscaping. | |||
| Observations | The plant produces flowers at the end of each steam and at the base of the 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
