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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
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| Name | Heliconia latispatha Bentham cv. Red-Yellow Gyro | |||
| Habit | Musoid | |||
| Height | 2.5 - 4 mts | |||
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| Habit | Erect | |||
| Orientation | Spiral | |||
| Bracts | 7 - 18 yellow, red, orange | |||
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| Shade | 0% | |||
| Distance between plants | 3 mts x 2 mts | |||
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 45 inflorecences | |||
| Months from planting to flowering | 6 months | |||
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |||
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 400 grs | |||
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 400 grs | |||
| Vase life after cutting | 10 days | |||
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 1 - 3 bracts | |||
| Price per rhizome | US $ 9.95 / 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
HELICONIA LATISPATHA
Heliconias
- Flores Tropicales
