Heliconia champneiana Splash

Lobster Claw, False Bird of Paradise

                                    
   ID#642
 
 

'Splash' is a striking erect heliconia with a flower that gets as much as 3 feet long!  It is a large plant, banana like type leaves about 8-10 feet tall. Flowers are fat orange bracts with blood red spots.  The spots sometimes coalesce into blotches, and the rachis is typically red.

A fast grower can make a space feel like the tropics in a short time.

Requires warm temperatures a high humidity and moist soil.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: tall PLANT TYPE: Evergreen tropical GROWTH RATE: fast TEXTURE: bold LIGHT: Grows in partial shade to full sun. WATER: moist, well drained SOIL: Metromix, keep moist but well drain.
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: Yellow with red bloches. Blooms primarily from May through August FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: large green oval, banana plant style .
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch -Short life due to 4 1/2 feet of water flood during hurricane Irene 08/2011 -The glasshouse theme after the flood is “Hanging plants”- avoid soil. Mostly epiphytes, no place to replace this plant, however it is tempting the flowers are very pretty and will provide a good tropical feel. Emerging time, Fertilization, Pruning, Thinning, Seed Collecting, Cutting, Roots, Division,.......
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

04/2012

July 2011

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