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Cultivar epithet: �'She'

Species/hybrid: �Heliconia orthotricha

Description: �Erect inflorescence, 5 to 7 distichous bracts, rose-pink with maroon-black line along distal lip overlaid with dark green line and narrow clear edge, basal bract with green keel, surface usually with velvety hairs.� Rachis pink shading to white, sepals green distally with tiny light green tip, white proximally, ovary and pedicel white.� Vegetation musoid, with maroon stem and maroon on proximal third of lower midrib.� Height 6.5 feet.

Nominant:� D. Carli (1988)

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

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