'Kauai Christmas'

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Cultivar epithet: �'Kauai Christmas'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia orthotricha

Description: �Erect inflorescence; 5 to 7 distichous bracts, bright red with green lip subtended by a thin charcoal line, green tip, pubescent; rachis white; sepals green with white tip. Vegetation musoid, with slightly pubescent petioles and glabrous leaves. Height 1.3 m (4.3 feet).

Publication:� Yamakawa, R.M., T.T. Sekioka, F.R. Matsuno, R.E. Paull, C.A. Bobisud and S.A. Ferreira. 1999. Three new cultivars of Heliconia orthotricha: �Kauai Morning Sun�, �Kauai Christmas�, and �Kauai Sunset�. Cooperative Extension Service/CTAHR, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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