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Heliconia

heliconia rostrata

Description:

Maybe this cultivar is called "Misahualli"

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3 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Yes, heliconias and bromeliads have too many hybrids, it is extremely difficult to ID them correctely.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

I used that site as a reference, however, there are such finite differences between this specimen and another that I wasn't sure which cultivar it was.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

You can find a lot of information about heliconias in this site:

http://www.heliconiasocietypr.org/helico...

LarryGraziano
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LarryGraziano

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 21, 2010
Submitted on Oct 21, 2011

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