'Harvey Bullis'

 

 

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Cultivar epithet:  'Harvey Bullis'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia imbricata x sarapiquensis

Description:  Erect inflorescence, 9 to 20 spiral bracts, red with orange flush on proximal keel and base, basal bract with green keel.  Rachis yellow extending onto bract base, sepals yellow to green, ovary and pedicel white, yellow or light green.  Vegetation musoid, sometimes with maroon stripe at base of lower midrib.  Height 7 to 12 feet.

Nominant:  F. Berry (1989)

Publication:  Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991. Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

 

 
Heliconia imbricata x sarapiquensis 'Harvey Bullis'

 

  

 

 

 

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