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Cultivar epithet: �'Flash'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia caribaea

Description: �Erect inflorescence, 8 to 10 distichous bracts, red to pink over proximal cheek and keel, yellow at base and at proximal lip, green on distal keel, lip and tip, becoming more yellow on upper bracts.� Rachis yellow to pink, sepals green distally and white below, ovary and pedicel white.� Vegetation musoid with white waxy coating on stem, petiole and lower surface of leaf blade.� Height 13 to 15 feet.

Publication:� Kepler, A.K. 1989. Exotic tropicals of Hawaii. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu.

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

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