The present study was aimed to evaluate the productivity of Heliconia psittacorum x Heliconia pathocircinada, cv. Golden Torch, when submitted to different sources of organic manure. The experiment was conducted at Escola Agrotécnica Federal, in Satuba, Alagoas State (Brazil). The experimental design was randomized blocks with 5 replications and 10 treatments: T1) control, without fertilization; T2) mineral fertilizer; T3) farm yard manure; T4) chicken bedding; T5) filter cake; T6) urban garbage compound; T7) farm yard manure + mineral fertilizer; T8) chicken bedding + mineral fertilizer; T9) filter cake + mineral fertilizer; T10) urban garbage compound + mineral fertilizer. The following variables were evaluated: number of the tillers per clump, the beginning of the flowering, number of the flower stem per clump, length of flower stem, diameter of flower stem, length of bract, interval of the flowering, number of leaves per flower stem and leaf area of flower stem. The fertilization organomineral provided a significant increase in the variables: number of tillers per clump, length of flower stem, number of flower stem per clump, length of bract, floral stem, diameter of flower stem and leaf area, contributing also to the precocity harvest and smaller flowering interval, when compared with organic fertilizers and control.
tropical flowers; fertility; tillering; flower stem
