Heliconia
Can anyone ID this Heliconia for us? It was given to Ray by our doctor but
he had no idea of its full name. The leaves are those of a Salvia, not the Heliconia, BTW! http://i20.tinypic.com/2nid1f9.jpg -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Heliconia
I must have missed that one! How big is the plant overall including
the flower spike. It looks very much like Heliconia schiedeana (90% certain) AKA the 'Fire & Ice Heliconia', so named because its natural habitat is at high altitude on volcanoes in Central America. I've tried this and a near relative: Heliconia latispatha in my garden, but although both species are relatively cold tolerant in winter, they need a lot of summer heat and humidity to get going again. |
Heliconia
On 30/10/07 19:29, in article
, "Dave Poole" wrote: I must have missed that one! How big is the plant overall including the flower spike. It looks very much like Heliconia schiedeana (90% certain) AKA the 'Fire & Ice Heliconia', so named because its natural habitat is at high altitude on volcanoes in Central America. I've tried this and a near relative: Heliconia latispatha in my garden, but although both species are relatively cold tolerant in winter, they need a lot of summer heat and humidity to get going again. Overall Ray reckons it's nearly 6' when in full growth. It's going over now, of course. I think it's H. schiedana but you'll have to see it if it's still in flower next time you're here. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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I must have missed that one! How big is the plant overall including the flower spike. It looks very much like Heliconia schiedeana (90% certain) AKA the 'Fire & Ice Heliconia', so named because its natural habitat is at high altitude on volcanoes in Central America. I've tried this and a near relative: Heliconia latispatha in my garden, but although both species are relatively cold tolerant in winter, they need a lot of summer heat and humidity to get going again. Overall Ray reckons it's nearly 6' when in full growth. It's going over now, of course. I think it's H. schiedana but you'll have to see it if it's still in flower next time you're here. -- [/quote] this is a link to a picture of Heliconia schiedeana leaves don't look the same to me. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...icial%26sa%3DN |
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