'Sherbet'

 

 

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Cultivar epithet:  'Sherbet'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia psittacorum

Description:  Erect inflorescence; 4 to 6 distichous bracts, orange with green basal bract; rachis orange; sepals orange with distal dark green or black band and yellow-white tip; ovary bright orange distally and pale orange below; pedicel orange. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.9 to 3 m (3 to 10 feet).

Nominant:  M. Collins (1998)

Publication:  Stokes Tropicals. 1998. Catalog supplement.



 

  

 

 

 

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