'Chocolate Dancer'

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Cultivar epithet: �'Chocolate Dancer'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia bihai

Description: �Erect inflorescence; 6 to 9 distichous bracts, chocolate (burnt sienna) color with light green stripe above and yellow border below along lip, small green tip, basal bract with partial green keel; rachis chocolate with small yellow area at medial base; sepals green distally and white below, ovary white with yellow tint; pedicel white. Vegetation musoid. Height 1.8 to 3.4 m (6 to 11 feet).

Nominant:� J. Kress

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

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