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'Purple Throat'
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| Cultivar epithet: 'Purple Throat' Species/hybrid: Heliconia bihai Description: Erect inflorescence; 7 to 10 distichous to slightly spiral bracts, bright red shading to dark red distally, green on tip and distal keel, lip green with yellow tint beneath proximally. Rachis bright red; sepals light to dark green distally and white below; ovary and pedicel white. Vegetation musoid, petioles deep maroon. Height 4.9 to 5.5 m (16 to 18 feet). Nominant: D. Carli Publication: Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991. Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
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