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'Carib Flame'
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| Cultivar epithet: 'Carib Flame' Species/hybrid: Heliconia bihai x caribaea
Description: Erect inflorescence; 7 to 9
distichous bracts, mostly red with orange infusion on mid-cheek and thin
yellow-green lip, basal bract mostly green and second bract with green
keel; rachis green below and red above on lower three bracts, upper
bracts with yellow below and red above; sepals green distally and white
below; ovary and pedicel white. Vegetation musoid. Height 2.4 to 4.6 m
(8 to 15 feet). Publication: Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991. Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
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