Red Lobster Heliconia Potted Plant

Description About The Red Lobster Heliconia The Red Lobster Heliconia is a beautiful indoor and outdoor houseplant. Heliconia, derived from the Greek word Elikonios (helikonios), is a flowering plant genus within the monophyletic family Heliconiaceae. Heliconia is a plant group that can grow to a height of up to 15 feet (4.5 m) in the wild but is more likely to reach just 3 to 6 feet (1-2 m) in the domestic landscape. Heliconias are medium-large plants, usually, with widespread rhizomatous growth, that may reach up to 30 feet high and can form large clumps. These flowers are grown as ornamental plants throughout tropical regions of the world. Their beauties are so big and colorful that they practically cover the flowers completely. The flowers are enclosed in a spectacular, waxy, long-lasting protrusion. The flowers (bracts) are available in a variety of colors including orange, red, yellow, pink, purple, and green, or in some combination of those colors. The Red Lobster Heliconia leaves are shaped similarly to certain types of banana trees, and flower bud bracts appear to grow out of the plant as in a banana stack. This heliconia is super easy to grow, spreading/filling beds from small clumps but is easily controlled. Heliconia propagation is usually done by division, starting the new plant from a mother plant by using the stem. Heliconia plants form on their own, and because the leaves are long, several feet in length, trimming is neither necessary nor desired. There are about 190 species of Heliconia plants, with many varieties. Collectively, most species are also referred to as merely heliconia. Hailing from tropical America, Heliconias use to be in the same member of the same plant family as bananas and ginger. Most heliconias are native to tropical America, but some varieties are originating in the islands from Indonesia through the Pacific. Care Scientific Name: Heliconia Rostrata Origin: Latin America Soil:  Tropical Plant Potting Mix Watering:  Keep soil moist but not soggy. Too much water can lead to root rot. Lighting: Bright indirect light