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| Name | Alpinia purpurata red | |
| Habit | Zingiberoid | |
| Height | 1.2 - 2.5 mts | |
| Inflorescence
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| Habit | Erect | |
| Orientation | ||
| Bracts | 35 - 95 red | |
| Commercial
facts |
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| Shade | 0% to 30% | |
| Distance between plants | 1.5 mts x 3 mts | |
| Inflorescences per plant / year | 50 inflorecences | |
| Months from planting to flowering | 8 months | |
| Germination rate of rhizomes | 90% | |
| Average weight of 1 rhizome | 130 grs | |
| Average weight per commercial inflorescence | 200 grs | |
| Vase life after cutting | 10 days | |
| Number of bracts for a commercial inflorescence | ||
| 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. | |
| Observations | ||
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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