'Roberto Burle-Marx'
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Cultivar epithet: 'Roberto Burle-Marx' Species/hybrid: Heliconia hirsuta Description: Erect inflorescence; 4 to 6 distichous bracts, red, bright red at base; rachis maroon on lower bracts and red on upper bracts; sepals pale to bright yellow with green-black band distally and whitish tip; ovary pale or bright yellow distally and light green proximally; pedicel light green. Vegetation zingiberoid. Height 1.2 to 1.8 m (4 to 6 feet). Nominant: F. Berry (1989)
Publication: Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991.
Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington.
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