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Yellow Christmas Heliconia Flower

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Yellow Christmas Heliconia Flower

My first potted yellow christmas heliconia flower.



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It's look like 'Birds of paradise' to me

9 May, 2009

 

Love the yellow one.

9 May, 2009

 

I just found out it's a yellow christmas heliconia, yes at first I thought it was a bird of paradise too, Shapla.

Thanks Bernieh, yes I love this yellow too.

11 May, 2009

 

Definitely a heliconia - shaped like lobster's claws (which is the common name for them) and those white bits hanging out of the yellow bracts are the flowers.

11 May, 2009

 

That's interesting Bernieh, thanks for sharing. The more common ones here are the orange coloured heliconias.

11 May, 2009

 

Panther:

Such a beautiful Heliconia latispatha 'Yellow Christmas!' I wish mine would bloom! I have Heliconia latispatha 'Red Christmas' also...and they are in pots and have never bloomed.

14 May, 2009

 

Thanks Delonix, I had tried potting the Red Christmas Heliconia at the same time as this yellow one but it died, it's a beautiful flower too! I hope yours get to bloom soon.....

16 May, 2009

 

Panther:

I'll have to put them in the ground...then they'll bloom. In a pot, they don't get enough nutrients. Heliconia species are extremely heavy feeders.

16 May, 2009

 

Gorgeous ... : )

7 Sep, 2009



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