'Tangerine'

 

 

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Cultivar epithet:  'Tangerine'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia psittacorum

Description:  Erect inflorescence; 5 to 6 distichous bracts, red-orange with gold base; rachis gold; sepals gold with a dark green distal band and gold tip, longitudinal green lines and light green basally. Ovary green distally, cream proximally, pedicel cream. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.9 to 1.2 m (3 to 4 feet).

Nominant:  M. Collins (1999)

Publication:  Stokes Tropicals. 1999. Catalog.



 

  

 

 

 

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