Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Heliconia psittacorum
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
May 3, 1990
Determiner:
Nom. Rev. A. L. Vernon 28 June 2012
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Lawai Valley. The National Tropical Botanical Garden. Maidenhait Falls.
Plant Description:
Stems erect, to eight ft; leaves dark, semi-glossy green with pale yellowish-green midvein, below pale green with faint sheen and greenish-yellow midvein; inflorescence erect, flattened with the flowers at a 90° angle to the bracts; peduncle dark maroon overlain with tan lepidia; cincinnal bracts dull orange-red without, within dark red semiglossy, becoming white to yellowish-white near base, (the lowermost bract sometimes with terminal leaflike appendage); floral bracts greenish-white with darker green tinge near apex; tepals waxy yellow at base becoming green at apex; apex of ovary blackish-green, the lower ?'s dull yellow; pedicel dull orange-yellow. Rec'd from Roger Peckenpaugh, Kalaheo, HI, as H. acuminata. NTBG acc. #870562001
From Accession #:
870562001
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Habitat:
Cultivated plants.
Comments:
Specimen consists of two sheets (005483 & 005484).
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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