'Gil Daniels'

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Cultivar epithet:  'Gil Daniels'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia gracilis

Description:  Erect inflorescence; 4 to 5 distichous bracts, red with yellow base, basal bract usually with green keel and leaflet at tip; rachis yellow with dark orange or scarlet; sepals pale yellow to creamy-white; ovary yellow-green; pedicel white. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.5 to 1.2 m (1.5 to 4 feet).

Nominant:  Berry and Kress (1991)

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

Heliconia gracilis 'Gil Daniels'

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