| Plant |
|
| Name |
Heliconia
Guyana |
| Habit |
Musoid |
| Height |
1
- 3 mts |
| Inflorescence
|
| Habit |
Erect |
| Orientation |
Spiral |
| Bracts |
5
- 9 red, yellow |
| Commercial
facts |
| Shade |
0%
to 5% |
| Distance
between plants |
1
mts x 2.5 mts |
| Inflorescences
per plant / year |
60
inflorecences |
| Months
from planting to flowering |
7
months |
| Germination
rate of rhizomes |
90% |
| Average
weight of 1 rhizome |
80
grs |
| Average
weight per commercial inflorescence |
100
grs |
| Vase
life after cutting |
8
days |
| Number
of bracts for a commercial inflorescence |
1
- 3 bracts |
| Price
per rhizome |
US
$ 6.95 / Rhizome |
| Shoot's
growth habit |
Compact |
| Potential
uses |
Cut
flower, ornamental plant, protection of streams, landscaping. |
| Observations |
The
name is not in the Identification Guides of Heliconias, so we
used the commercial name. |
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