I got this Heliconia only a few months ago and already it has graced me with these blooms. I thought I'd share this with you tropical minded folks!
Look what just came into bloom!
Cool!! Does it have a name?
Looks like Heliconia stricta "Carli's Sharonii". It didn't have a label but I found this link that shows it:
http://www.heliconiasocietypr.org/heliconia_cultivars6.htm
Scroll down to the 21st plant there.
very pretty.
Looks like it tho...mmm...I got Heliconia Guyana here..as a gift..hope it will bloom for me next year...have it in a pot right now until I get it into the ground next year when it warms up..overwintering it in my hothouse..
http://www.stokestropicals.com/detail.aspx?ID=229
wow! That looks very exotic. Good price too.
Ooh now I'm jealous. I'm going to have to wait to next year on mine. Beautiful plants.
I did not know Ti plants bloomed. What does this turn into? Color, size of flower, etc.
I'm curious to know the answer to that myself. Two of my really large green Ti's bloomed this year - first time ever.
What you see there is just about all there is; the actual flowers are small and inconspicuous and are on those thin branches as little protuberances. What you will see if any of the flowers gets pollinated is some red berries developing on those thin branches.
Dutchlady1, has your Heliconia rostrata bloomed?
Just picked up a Christmas Heliconia, blooming, last weekend.
Have been looking for a local source for a Lobster Claw Heliconia. Still searching...
Cathy
When the Ti seeds ripen you can plant them. Green usually comes true to self unless it is a cross, but many of the colored Ti, being cultivars or sports, will become a new one worth keeping!!!
The flowers, before they open, also make really cool flower arrangements or neat additions to flower arrangements - their texture and shape contrast nicely.
carol
How large are the seeds? My third large Ti just started blooming and the other two are about done. I tried to cross pollinate them, but I'm not exactly a honey bee, LOL.
I'm very glad I didn't snip the old flower stems off this past weekend. I almost did.. yikes.
This message was edited Dec 10, 2007 11:32 PM
The pod is about the size of a pea. The seeds are NOT tiny...but able to be picked up.