I nā kānaka he nui,ʻo Heliconia, iʻikeʻia hoʻi he pāpaʻi lobster,ʻo ia ke kumu o nā'ōpū. Ke ulu nui nei kēia mau mea kanu ma nā wahi pāhili , a ulu nui ma nā wahi e like me Hawaiʻi, Costa Rica, aʻo Bali. Heʻoiaʻiʻoʻaʻole lākou i loko o nā mea kanu i loko o ka hale āpau - keʻano nui lākou, a he nani wale nō ia i ko lākou ulu uluʻana, i ka wā lōʻihi o kaʻulaʻula, lima lima pua nani mai ka mea kanu.
I kēiaʻano, pili pono lākou i ko lākou mau hoahānau, ka manu manu-paradaiso a me ka maiʻa. Eia naʻe, e like me kēia mau mea hoʻouluulu o ka moana, inā loaʻa iāʻoe nā kūlana kūpono a keʻimi neiʻoe i kahi hopena paʻakikī, hiki i kahi Heliconia e pane i kēlā manaʻo. E hoʻomanaʻo naʻe; aia ma kahi o 400 mau helina o Heliconia. ʻOiaiʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke koho nui i kāu pokapū māla o ka'āina, inā iāʻoe ka koho e kūʻai i kaʻoihana hou hou, e hoʻonui ia i kou ola ma ka holo lōʻihi.
Nā Kūlana Hoʻoulu:
Ka mālamalama: Helemuaʻo Heliconia i nāʻano like me ka maiʻa a me nā manu-paradaiso. Hiki i nā mea ke hōʻalo i ka mālamalama o ka lā mai ka lā o ka lā i ka piha o ka lā, i ka nui loa o nā latitudes
Wahi: ʻO nā helinalonia a pau e makemake ana i ka wai kūpono a me ka hoʻomau i ka ulu. Eʻike nā mea kanu i ka lā maloʻo i nā'ōmole-lahilahi, ma kahi o nā kaha āpau. No ka paleʻana i kāu mea kanu i ka wā hoʻoilo, e hoʻohana i ka wai pālolo i ka wā e hoʻoinu ai.
Ka Honua:ʻO kahi waiwai nui o ka lepo lepo lepo me ka wai maikaʻi maikaʻi.
Fertilizer: E hānai me ka wai maloʻo ma loko o ka wā ulu. Eʻokiʻoki i ka meaʻai i hoʻokahi manawa i ka mahina aiʻole i ka hoʻoilo.
Pākuʻi:
E like me ka hapanui o nā mea kanu e ulu ana mai nā rhizomes, e hoʻopuka kokeʻiaʻo Heliconia e ka māhele rhizome.
I ka wā o ka hoʻopiʻi manawa, e māhelehele i ka rhizome i loko o nā'āpana a kanu i kēlā me kēia mīkini. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi inā heʻelua mau nodules e loaʻa ana i kēlā me kēia mahele, akā,ʻaʻole pono kēia. Hiki nō i nā mea kanu kūpono ke ulu i nā hua pono i ka hopena o ka wā ulu e hiki ke ulu a ulu i waho.
Hoʻohana hou:
E pani hou i ka pūnāwai mua, i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka ulu ulu. ʻAʻole lākou e noʻonoʻo i kahi paila liʻiliʻi, a ma kaʻoiaʻiʻo e ulu aʻe ma kahi paila iki. Hiki ke kanu i nā lālā, no laila e hoʻomaopopo i ka puʻunaue i nā mea kanu mākua no ka hoʻonuiʻana i kāu hōʻiliʻili a mālama pono iā lākou i loko.
ʻAno:
ʻO Heliconia e like me ka genus iʻike nuiʻia mai nā mea kanu lāʻau. Aia ma kahi o 200 mauʻanoʻoiaʻiʻo a me nāʻano kanu likeʻole a me nā kīhāpai ma ke kālepa i kēia mau lā. ʻO nā kumulāʻau maikaʻi loa he mau puaʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo a me nā kēpau pololei. ʻO ka hapanui o nāʻano he'ōiwi maoli ia i ka New World, akā he mau mea i hiki ke loaʻa maoli ma New Guinea. I ka huliʻana i kahi Heliconia, kūʻai aku i kahi mea e pili ana i konaʻano pua a me ka nui o ka makua ma mua o keʻano o ka inoa.
Nā mea kōkua a Grower:
Hiki keʻikeʻia ka helinalonia ma nā kahawai o nā wahi tropical (aiʻole e like me nā alawai waiwai ma ke ala, e hiki ai ke hana i nā mea hōʻeha weliweli).
Ke ulu nei kēia mau mea kanu me nā wāwae he nui loa, e like me nā'enewai. Ma ke kūpono, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻopili hou i kēia mau mea ma ka home, me ka nui o ka wai, ka lepo waiwai, a me ka lā o ka lālā o ka moana. Ināʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe,ʻaʻole e hopohopo, hiki iāʻoe ke piʻi hou i Heliconia. I nā māhele maikaʻi loa, kanu i ka pua i ke kauwela a me ka puna, a laila, ua kuaʻia nā koʻi me ka puana. Hiki iāʻoe keʻoki i kāu mea kanu i lalo i ka lepo i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke anuanu o ke ao; e kupu hou mai ka lepo i ka wā e hoʻi hou ka mahana mahana a me ka wai. Ma nāʻano o nā mea hōʻemi, mālama i ka mea nānā i nā mealybugs , aphids , a me nā mites. ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka hōʻailona me nā'ōpili liʻiliʻi ma luna o nā mea kanu, nā'ōpū o keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe, "ka lepo", aiʻole nā'ōpū iʻikeʻia ma ka mea kanu. E hana i nā hōʻailona me ka hikiʻole iā lākou e pale aku i ke koena o kāu hōʻiliʻili.