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Please help - Heliconia ID

21 years ago

Hi all,

I acquired this heli as a single sucker, now it's grown and finally flowered, but I don't know it's name. Can any one help ID it? The flower looks like H. Lathispatha (3rd pic), but the plant is only around 2 feet tall. It has nice green spikes coming out of the bracts (can't remember the name for this part) as opposed to the Lathispatha's orange.

Cheers

Mick

The plant is about 2 feet tall

Close up of the bracts

H. Lathispatha is about 6 feet tall:

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Comments (3)

Minxie
21 years ago
Is the larger plant in the ground? Potted plants tend to produce shorter and fuller foliage.
Bill
21 years ago
Mick,

There are several varieties of latispatha. Look up latispatha distans online and I think you may find that is what you have. It has spiral bracts similar to what you show, and flowers at a small size.

Bill
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LisaCLV
21 years ago
I've never been quite sure if H. latispatha and H. distans are 2 different species or if distans is just another form of latispatha (I've seen it described both ways), but I agree with Bill that that is what you have.

Here is a link that might be useful: H. latispatha 'Distans'

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