Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Heliconia hirsuta
Identified As:
cv. 'Burle-Marx'
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
May 3, 1990
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Lawai Valley. The National Tropical Botanical Garden. Maidenhair Falls.
Plant Description:
Stems up to six ft, erect; leaves dark glossy green with whitish-green midvein above, below glossy green, paler with greenish-white midvein; inflorescence erect; peduncle green with dark maroon apex; cincinnal bracts dull orange-red, glossy only at very base, within whitish running to dark pink margins; floral bracts whitish; tepals waxy yellow with dark green apical spot; ovary with dark green apex becoming yellow-green at base; pedicel yellow-green; flowers at less than 45° angle from bracts. Rec'd from Howard Yamamoto, Kapaa, HI. NTBG acc. #870685001
From Accession #:
870685001
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Habitat:
Cultivated plants.
Comments:
Specimen consists of two sheets (003057 & 003058).
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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