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Carla's Heliconia Garden |
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Heliconias
Heliconia lingulata Fan (all yellow)
subgenus Stenochlamys
section Lanea
- common name: Fan
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Spectacular seeds.
Grows well in my yard.
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- habit: musoid
- height: 4 - 5 meters
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- form: erect
- orientation: distichous
- bract color: yellow
- rachis: yellow
- number of bracts: 20
- ovary: yellow-green
- comment: Ovaries large and many.
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- accession number: 2000-07-05-0015
- location: Costa Rica,Tropicales Arenal
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- date planted: July 2000
- where planted: sector 4
- first flowering: 2002
- comment: Older stems lean and break easily. I don't know if this is a characteristic of the species, or if my plant is suffering from some kind of special rot or is in too much shade.
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- Carla Black
- Our other web page is http://www.volcanbaru.com
- e-mail: carla (at) heliconiagarden (.) com
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