Section Heliconia

Heliconia bihai Lobster Claw One

subgenus Heliconia

Heliconia bihai Lobster Claw Two

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

common name: Halloween, Shneeana, Red stemmed Lobster, and Year-round Lobster.

Heliconia bihai Yellow Dancer

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

Heliconia caribaea Chartreuse

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

common name: Chartreuse, Persian Eyes

Heliconia caribaea x bihai

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

comment: I'm not sure what this is.

Heliconia champneiana Maya Gold

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

native to: Belize, Honduras, Guatemala

Heliconia champneiana Splash

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

native to: Belize, Honduras, Guatemala

Heliconia lennartiana (orange)

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

native to: Panama

endemic: Panama

Heliconia lennartiana (red)

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

native to: Panama

endemic: PA

Heliconia lennartiana (wag colors)

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

native to: Panama

endemic: Panama

comment: Since this is native to high elevation in Panama we have eliminated both wagneriana and stricta from the list of possibilities. Our other lennartianas look very similar in vegetation and inflorescence shape.

Heliconia orthotricha Edge of Nite

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

common name: Edge of Nite

comment: At least I think that's what this is

Heliconia orthotricha Total Eclipse

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

common name: Total Eclipse

comment: Is this ID correct?

Recipe details

Heliconia stricta (elegant red)

subgenus Heliconia

section Helcionia

comment: Please let me know if you have a cultivar name for this one.

Heliconia stricta (Orotino)

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

comment: Please let me know if you have a cultivar name for this.

Heliconia stricta (red-ribbed Bucky-like)

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

Heliconia stricta (slim red)

subgenus Heliconia

section Heliconia

comment: I am not sure of this ID. Maybe it is not a stricta, but rather a bihai. I don't have any clues from the Costa Rican nursery where I bought it.