How to tend a Heliconia angusta
Also known as: Bihai angusta Griggs, Bihai angustifolia (Hook.) Kuntze, Heliconia angustifolia Hook., Heliconia aurorea Emygdio & E.Santos, Heliconia bicolor Benth., Heliconia bidentata Barreiros, Heliconia citrina Emygdio & E.Santos, Heliconia fluminensis Emygdio & E.Santos, Heliconia lacletteana Emygdio & E.Santos, Heliconia laneana Barreiros, Heliconia laneana f. elatior Barreiros, Heliconia laneana f. flava Barreiros, Heliconia laneana var. flava (Barreiros) E.Santos
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Keep soil moisture high constantly, grows well unless in saturated water for a long time
Sunlight
Like sunshine, slight shade tolerance
Soil
Sandy clay
Fertilizer
Use diluted manure added with Calcium superphosphate as base fertilizer, apply ervery half month, during peak growth stages, top-dressing with compound fertilizers once every half month or apply foliar fertilizers
Pruning
Remove dead and diseased branches timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Venezuela
- Category
- Musaceae, Heliconia
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 20-30 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period in summer
- Flower colors
- red, fruit color gray green
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