Heliconia aurantiaca (Golden Dwarf Heliconia)
Botanical name: Heliconia aurantiaca
Common names: Golden Dwarf Heliconia, Yellow Heliconia
Family: Heliconiaceae
Origin: Belize





Golden Heliconia - excellent cut flowers, resembling Bird of Paradise in yellow to orange! Endemic to Central America - south Mexico and Guatemala. Its natural habitat is montane forests. Tropical, evergreen perennial with short rhizomes and smooth, leathery, 7 to 16 inch long, oblong leaves. The plant is a smaller species (4 - 5 ft) with a compact, relatively small, erect inflorescence. Unusual, 8 inch long inflorescences, resembling birds of paradise, hold light yellow to orange sepaled flowers. Borne from spring through summer. Cold-sensitive and requires a minimum temperature of 40 F. This species does not tolerate heavy clearing and disturbance.
Similar plants: Heliconia aurantiaca (Golden Dwarf Heliconia)
- Heliconia angusta (Christmas Heliconia)
- Heliconia angusta 'Christmas Holiday' (Christmas Holiday 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)
- Heliconia rostrata (Lobster Claw)
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