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HELICONIA PSITTACORUM STRAWBERRIES
AND CREAM
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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
Heliconias| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia psittacorum L.f cv. Strawberries and Cream. | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 1 - 1.8 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 4 - 7 yellow, pink | |
| Commercial
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| Shade | 0% to 10% | |
| Distance between plants | 0.5 mts x 2 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 150 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 8 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 50 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 70 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 6 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2 - 3 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US $ 7.95 / Rhizome | |
| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |
| Potential uses | Cut flower for special events, Ornamental plant, protection of water streams, Landscaping. | |
| Observations | It's becoming a very used plants for landscaping cities. | |
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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
