'St. Vincent Red'

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Cultivar epithet: �'St. Vincent Red'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia psittacorum

Description: �Erect inflorescence; 4 to 6 distichous bracts, bright to deep red shading to orange proximally; rachis orange distally shading to reddish proximally; sepals orange with indistinct green-black area distally; ovary orange distally, pale orange or yellow proximally; pedicel orange. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.8 to 1.8 m (2.5 to 6 feet).

Nominant:� I. Bannochie (1972?)

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

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Heliconia psittacorum 'St. Vincent Red'

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