'Yellow Christmas'

 

 

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Cultivar epithet:  'Yellow Christmas'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia angusta

Description:  Erect inflorescence; 5 to 9 distichous bracts, yellow; rachis yellow; sepals white with green tint distally and yellow tint basally; ovary yellow with pale green on top; pedicel yellow. Vegetation musoid. Height 1.2 to 2.1 m (4 to 7 feet).

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

 

Heliconia angusta 'Yellow Christmas'
Heliconia angusta 'Yellow Christmas'



 

  

 

 

 

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