'Kaieteur Falls'

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Cultivar epithet: �'Kaieteur Falls'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia acuminata

Description: �Erect inflorescence; 4 to 5 distichous bracts, bright red with bright red rachis; sepals light yellow; ovary dark yellow to orange distally and light yellow below; pedicel light yellow. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.6 to 1.2 m (2 to 4 feet).

Nominant:� J. Criswick

Publication:� Berry, F. 1991. A small Heliconia valuable for pot culture. Bull. HSI 5(2):13.

Notes:� Established as H. �Kaiteur Falls� (Berry, 1991) but corrected by ICRA; named for Kaieteur Falls, Guyana.

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Heliconia acuminata 'Kaieteur Falls'
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