Botanical name: Heliconia vellerigera
Common name: Heliconia
Family: Heliconiaceae
A truly spectacular hanging heliconia, H.vellerigera is a solid orange-red color with brilliant white hairs. It is a medium sized heliconia, reaching 6-7 feet tall. The leaves are light purple on the underside. Blooms throughout the year. See Thai Heliconia - varieties Gallery.
Similar plants: Heliconia vellerigera (Heliconia)
- Heliconia angusta (Christmas Heliconia)
- Heliconia angusta 'Christmas Holiday' (Christmas Holiday Heliconia)
- Heliconia aurantiaca (Golden Dwarf Heliconia)
- Heliconia bihai (Macaw Flower)
- Heliconia caribaea (Lobster Claw)
- Heliconia collinsiana (Hanging Heliconia)
- Heliconia hirsuta (Heliconia Costa Flores)
- Heliconia latispatha (Expanded Lobsterclaw)
- Heliconia orthotricha (Heliconia)
- Heliconia psittacorum (Parrot's heliconia)
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