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| Name | Heliconia necrobracteata Kress | |
| Habit | Musoid | |
| Height | 2 - 4 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Pendent | |
| Orientation | Distichous | |
| Bracts | 10 - 20 red, black | |
| Commercial
facts |
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| Shade | 10% to 25% | |
| Distance between plants | 2 mts x 3.5 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 25 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 12 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 350 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 500 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 5 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | 2- 6 bracts | |
| Price per rhizome | US
$ 8.95/ 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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