Showing posts with label Andromeda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andromeda. Show all posts
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Flowering Heliconias Today
Hooray ! Finally the psittacorum that looked like Lady Di but with Orange stamens instead of yellow stamens ie the psittacorum cultivar known as St Vincent Red decided to flower :-)
psittacorum cv St Vincent Red
psittacorum cv Andromeda
psittacorum cv Lady Di
Stricta Dwarf Jamaican
Friday, January 30, 2009
What I see in my garden today [30th January 2009]
Today is the 5th day of Chinese New Year and this is what I see in my balcony garden today.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Watching Flower Growth : Andromeda
4th January 2008
2nd January 2008
1st January 2008
December 31st, 2008
December, 30th 2008
December, 28th 2008
December 26, 2008
25th December 2008
24th December 2008
23rd December 2008
22nd December 2008
21st December 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
cv Andromeda, Heliconia psittacorum L.f .
16th November 2008
9th November 2008
8th November 2008
7th November 2008
18th October 2008
18th October 2008Blooming
All year.
Height
1.5 - 9 Feet
Habitat
Full sun to 50 % of shade
Distribution
Guyana [now widely cultivated]
Inflorescence
Bracts
3-5 bracts.
Somewhat variable outer surface orange to red. Sometimes with green tint on keel. Inner surface red shading to orange proximally.
Rachis
Orange, Orange with red infusion or green.
Sepals
Orange with distal metallic black or green band & ornage tip.
Ovary
Dark orange distally & light orange or orange below.
Pedicel
Orange
Vegetation
Musoid
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