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Cultivar epithet: �'Iris'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia stricta

Description: �Erect inflorescence, 6 to 8 distichous bracts, red with a thin green lip and green line on distal keel.� Sepals green with white tip.� Vegetation musoid.� Height 5 to 10 feet.

Nominant:� B. Ramsaroop

Publication:� Ramsaroop, B. 1995. Heliconias in Guyana. Bull. HSI 7(3):11-12.

Stokes Tropicals.� 2003-2004.� Guide/Catalog.� New Iberia, Louisiana. (Established as H. 'Iris Banochie' but corrected by ICRA; originally named 'Iris' in honor of the late Iris Bannochie)

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