Showing posts with label Blooming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blooming. Show all posts
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
cv Fuschia, Heliconia Psittacorum
BloomingIn Malaysia, throughout the year but in non-tropical zones April to November.
Height
4- 6 Feet
Habitat
Full sun - 40 % of shade
Distribution
Uncertain [Hawaii]
Inflorescence
Bracts
4 - 5 bracts.
Fuschia (reddish-purple) with dusky area proximally
Rachis
Fuschia beneath basal bract to pale white-green on upper bract
Sepals
Light yellow with distal dark green band distally & whitish tip.
Ovary
Dark green on distal 5th & light-green proximally.
Pedicel
White
Vegetation
Musoid, reddish stripe along lower mid-rib on some
Sunday, October 12, 2008
cv Strawberries & Cream, Heliconia psittacorum L.f .
Did you notice the 2 fruits which are drupes (a hard seed surrounded by fleshy pulp) in the first picture ?
Blooming
All year
Height
3 - 5 Feet
Habitat
Full sun to 30 % of shade
Distribution
Uncertain [Hawaii]
Inflorescence
Bracts
3-5 bracts.
Strawberry red-pink distally & cream proximally. Basal bract mostly red-pink and a thin distal green keel.
Rachis
Cream with green tint
Sepals
Pale yellow with distal dark green bank and white tip. Orange with distal metallic black or green band.
Ovary
Pale yellow with green spot on distal corner
Pedicel
Cream with green tint.
Vegetation
Musoid
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
cv Las Cruces aka Eden Pink, Heliconia Stricta Huber
Blooming
In Malaysia, throughout the year but in non-tropical zones December to Septempter.
Height
3 - 5 Feet
Habitat
20 to 60 % of shade
Distribution
Uncertain [Florida & Costa Rica]
Inflorescence
Bracts
4-6 bracts.
Mostly red with narrow green & yellow lines along lip and a green keel on basal bract.
Rachis
Red
Sepals
Green distally with white tio & white below.
Ovary
White
Pedicel
White
Vegetation
Musoid, upper & lower mid-rib with red to maroon stripes, margins slighly undulated.
cv Fire Flash, Heliconia densiflora verlot
16th November 2008
11th November 2008
19th October 2008
18th October 2008
18th October 2008A cluster of inflorescences...
Blooming
All year.
Height
1.5 to Feet
Habitat
Full sun - 40% of shade
Distribution
Uncertain [Florida, Hawaii, Australia & Costa Rica]
18th October 2008Inflorescence
Bracts
4-5 bracts.
Red or red-orange with yellow-gold at base & proximal lip (increasing in area on upper bract)
Rachis
Red, changing to yellow-gold on upper bract
Sepals
Orange on distal 3/4 shading to light-yellow proximally, tip greenish.
Ovary
Orange on distal 1/2
Pedicel
Yellow
Vegetation
Musoid
Friday, October 3, 2008
cv Lady Di, Heliconia psittacorum L.f .
From what I read on Page 144 of the HELICONIA An Identification Guide, Lady Di has the following characteristics :-
Blooming
In Malaysia, throughout the year but in non-tropical zones April to November.
Height
2.5 - 5 Feet
Habitat
Full sun - 40 % of shade
Distribution
Uncertain [Florida, Hawaii, Barbados & Costa Rica]
Inflorescence
5-8 bracts.
Dark red with pale red on lower cheek
Rachis
Red, pink or pale pink
Sepals
Light yellow with distal dark green band & white tip.
Ovary
Yellow, some proximal green.
Pedicel
Light yellow or cream
Vegetation
Musoid, reddish stripe along lower mid-rib on some
cv Rostrata aka False Birds of Paradise, Heliconia Rostrata Ruiz & Pava
My friend Sally gave me this heliconia.
From what I read, False Birds of Paradise has the following characteristics :-
Blooming
All year.
Height
3 - 20 Feet
Habitat
Full sun - 50 % of shade
Distribution
Originally Amazonian Peru & Edcuador. Now widely cultivated around the world.
Inflorescence
4-35 bracts.
Red over most of the bracts to yellow, green-tellow distally, lip yellow-green proximally to green distally.
Rachis
Red
Sepals
Bright yellow distally turning lighter to almost clear white at base.
Ovary
White
Pedicel
White
Vegetation
Musoid
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