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islands |
| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia Hirsuta L.F c.v Costa Flores | |
| Habit | Zingiberoid | |
| Height | 2.5 - 6 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 4 - 12 red, orange | |
| Commercial
facts |
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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
$ 4.95 / Rhizome |
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| 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 | |
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 |
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