Maybe Heliconia psittacorum, but I'll wait for a pic.

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Definitely a Heliconia Psittacorum; probably Choconiana but the picture is a little blurry. Zone 10 plant. Won't survive your winter without protection. I find all the psittacorums more difficult to bring through the winter than other heliconias. Heavy feeders. In Tennessee, this would probably be a full sun plant. Here in the deep South, a little shade works better.

Steve

plan on taking it in the greenhouse come winter...do you know what temps that they can tolerate...I plan on keeping it around 50 degrees at night

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steve

I sent you a private email.

Steve

thats not my e mail address anymore...its Smalone421@midsouth.rr.com

sorry its

smalone5@midsouth.rr.com

Steve,

Check your email.

Steve

Thanks steve the e mail was very informative...its good that you sent that because I got the impression from bop in general that they did not like wet feet..that they liked to dry out...so now I know to water daily in this heat...second do these plants mind getting the leaves wet..I know some plants are succeptible to fungi...also I think I need to put these in a little shade...I noticed the leaves getting paler kind of looks like sunburn...thanks for all your help

Steve

They are tropical. In their natural environment, they get rain showers. So misting, or sprinkling is good. I don't know if I would water everyday. You might want to give it morning sun and afternoon shade until it acclimates itself.

leaves tips are browning. it started in the summer and are slowly tsaking over the leaves..I see some new growth on the plant...could it be a fungus or is it natural to take a beating over the winter...

thanks
steve

It may just be temperature response, especially if it is dropping below 60F at nights. I don't think it wants months of 50F nights in winter unless it really warms up again during the day, the roots do tend to rot out and the foliage declines. It is much easier to grow the slightly cold hardier H. angusta, or the southern Mexico species such as H. scheideana, H. latispatha or H. aurantiaca. These last three will bloom for me outdoors with temps down to just above freezing, and are all blooming now. I was never able to keep H. psittacorum alive even as a sunporch plant, just not warm enough here.