'Golden Torch'

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Cultivar epithet: �'Golden Torch'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata

Description: �Erect inflorescence, 4 to 8 distichous bracts, golden or yellow, may have small red area at base,� basal bract may have green keel and tip, rachis golden, sepals golden with faint green tip, ovary golden distally and yellow below, pedicel yellow with green tint.� Vegetation musoid.� Height 2.5 to 9 feet.

Nominant:� A. Will and H. Donselman (1977)

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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Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Golden Torch'

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