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'Bushmaster'
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| Cultivar epithet: 'Bushmaster Species/hybrid: Heliconia mariae x pogonantha holerythra
Description: Pendent inflorescence; 40
to 60 distichous bracts, red; rachis red; sepals faint yellow at tip,
mostly clear white, and faint pink at base; ovary and pedicel white.
Vegetation musoid, with maroon tint near petiole of lower leaf midrib.
Height 4.6 to 6 m (15 to 20 feet). Publication: Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991. Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
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