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Name: Mike Mountain View, Hawaii    microb Mar 19, 2018 12:20 AM CST |
| I've been told it might be Heliconia Indica cv Spectabilis. My plant seems to have a redder color and since I got it about three years ago it has not produced a bloom. |
Name: Tofi Sumatera, Indonesia              tofitropic Mar 19, 2018 5:14 AM CST |
| Agree a Heliconia indica, a red leaved and a variegated one also, they are not so freely flowering, if you want to see it flower try growing directly on soil, (or a large container) it grow larger then it will eventually flower |
Name: Mike Mountain View, Hawaii microb Mar 19, 2018 2:23 PM CST |
| Thank you Tofi, Do you know what color the bloom would be and how big can the plant get? Mike |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)            plantladylin Mar 19, 2018 2:47 PM CST |
Wow, that sure is a beauty! I didn't even know there was a Heliconia with red leaves, much less red variegated leaves ... gorgeous!  I wonder if it might be H. indica 'Spectabilis'? Scroll down this page for images: http://heliconiasocietypr.org/... Images of 'Spectabilis' on these pages also: http://www.imageflora.com/imag... http://www.heliconiasocietypr.... https://www.lifestyle.com.au/p... ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Tofi Sumatera, Indonesia tofitropic Mar 19, 2018 6:25 PM CST |
| Thank Lin for the link, with the blooms images.. In pots they can stay small (but usually never blooms), just make pups and dye. On ground it can get around two meters tall here, then blooms, but also produce much pups. It tends to not blooms if the leaves being cut often, but if not cut, they got too-big too-quick, that is why they were rarely seen blooming. Even when in bloom, it usually hidden by those large leaves, and the greenish color are bit inconspicuous. So they are usually grown for their leaves. |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a) plantladylin Mar 19, 2018 6:57 PM CST |
| And, what beautiful leaves that one has! ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
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