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| Name | Heliconia griggsiana L.V. Smith cv. Angry Moon | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 3 - 10 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Pendent | |
| Orientation | Spiral | |
| Bracts | 8 - 15 red, yellow, gray | |
| Commercial
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| Shade | 0% to 10% | |
| Distance between plants | 3 mts x 5 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 35 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 12 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 850 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 1 kg | |
| Vase life after cutting | 10 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2- 5 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US
$ 9.95/ Rhizome |
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| Shoot's growth habit | Compact | |
| Potential uses | Cut flower, 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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