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islands |
| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia spathocircinata Aristeguieta Yellow | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 1.5 - 3 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | Spiral | |
| Bracts | 6 - 12 yellow | |
| Commercial
facts |
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| Shade | 0% to 15% | |
| Distance between plants | 3 mts x 2 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 35 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 10 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 300 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 400 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 8 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 1 - 3 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US
$ 39.95 / Rhizome |
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| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |
| Potential uses | Cut flower for special events, protection of streams, landscaping. | |
| Observations | There is no scientific name in the identification guide, so we use the commercial name. | |
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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