'Yellow Dolly'

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Cultivar epithet:  'Yellow Dolly'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia bihai x caribaea

Description:  Erect inflorescence; 7 to 11 distichous bracts, red on
proximal cheek and keel with yellow on distal keel, cheek, and lip; rachis red above and yellow below; sepals green distally and white below; ovary and pedicel white. Vegetation musoid. Height 2.7 to 4.2 m (9 to 14 feet).

Nominant:  J. Criswick (1989)

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

Heliconia bihai x caribaea 'Yellow Dolly'

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