'Maya Gold'

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Cultivar epithet: �'Maya Gold'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia champneianana

Description: �Erect inflorescence, 5 to 13 distichous bracts, gold to yellow with light to dark green along distal keel and at tip, some bracts with minute flecks of maroon, basal bract mostly green.� Rachis gold to yellow, sepals green distally and white below, ovary pale yellow and pedicel white with yellow tint.� Vegetation musoid.� Height 6 to 15 feet.

Nominant:� H. Bullis (1987)

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

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Heliconia champneiana 'Maya Gold'

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