'Dwarf'

 

 

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Cultivar epithet:  'Dwarf'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia rostrata

Description:  Pendent inflorescence, 4 to 15 distichous bracts, red over most of the bract, yellow distally with green-yellow lip, rachis red, sepals yellow distally turning pale yellow at base, ovary and pedicel white.  Vegetation musoid.  Height 5 to 6 feet.

Nominant:  M. Collins (1992)

Publication:  Stokes Tropicals. 1999. Catalog. New Iberia, Louisiana.

 

  Heliconia rostrata 'Dwarf'
Heliconia rostrata 'Dwarf'

 

  

 

 

 

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