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| Name | Heliconia stricta Huber cv. Dwarf Jamaican | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 30 cms - 1.5 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 3 - 5 red, green, orange | |
| Commercial
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| Shade | 15% to 40% | |
| Distance between plants | 50 cms x 2 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 40 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 6 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 50 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 60 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 8 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 1 - 4 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US
$ 4.95 / Rhizome |
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| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |
| Potential uses | Cut flower, ornamental plant, 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

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