'Crocodile'

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Cultivar epithet: �'Crocodile'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia curtispatha x mariae

Description: �Pendent inflorescence; 49 slightly spiral bracts, red with black lip, 5.5 cm wide, 7 cm long; rachis red; sepals yellow.
Vegetation musoid; leaf blade 61 cm wide, 230 cm long; white waxy coating and maroon midrib on lower leaf surface; leaf blades lacerating into lateral segments.� Height 6.5 m (21 feet).

Nominant:� C. Black and A. Rodr�guez (2004)
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Publication:� Brunner, B.R. 2005. Registration of H. 'Crocodile' and H. 'Johnson Beharry V.C.'.� Bull. HSI 12(2):16.

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Heliconia curtispatha x mariae 'Crocodile'

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Heliconia curtispatha x mariae 'Crocodile' close up

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