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Exotic
Cut Flowers
Anthuriums
Tropical
Foliage
Rhizomes
Consulting
Products
Care
Erect
Heliconias| Plant |
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| Name | Heliconia stricta Huber cv. Giant Jamaican | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 1 - 2.5 mts | |
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 4 - 7 red, green | |
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| Shade | 0% to 20% | |
| Distance between plants | 3 mts x 2 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 60 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 8 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 150 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 300 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 14 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2 - 5 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US $ 39.95 / Rhizome | |
| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |
| Potential uses | Cut flower, ornamental plant, protection of streams, landscaping. | |
| Observations | The identification guides do not classify this plant, so we use the commercial name. | |
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Some
of the information was taken from the book:
Heliconia de Antioquia - Guia de Identificacion y Cultivo
Departamento de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia.
By Victor Maza Barros and Juan Jose Builes Gomez
HELICONIA STRICTA
Heliconias
- Flores Tropicales
