'Inca'

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Cultivar epithet: �'Inca'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia zebrina

Description: �Erect inflorescence; 5 to 7 distichous bracts, red-orange to pink-orange on older bracts, rachis red; sepals green; ovary dark green; pedicel light green. Vegetation musoid, upper surface of leaf blades with 6 to 9 dark green bars extending laterally out from midrib, lower surface green or maroon. Height 0.6 to 1.2 m (2 to 4 feet).

Nominant:� F. Berry and J. Kress (1991)

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

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Heliconia zebrina 'Inca'
(Photo by W.J. Kress, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution)

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