Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Heliconia orthotricha
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
July 8, 1990
Other Herbarium:
QCNE,US,MO
Determiner:
! W. J. Kress 1993
Observers:
Edgar Gudino, Roger Peckenpaugh, Roy Yamakawa
In Duplicate:
in duplicate (US)
State:
MORONA SANTIAGO PROVINCE
Locality:
Mendez-Limon road, 31.9 km from Bella Union.
Plant Description:
Fronds to 3 ft., inflorescence erect, peduncle pale green overlain with scarlet; lowest bract pale green at base of keel becoming dark green at apex, face bright scarlet with upper margin of 3 bands of black, dark green, and finally pale green; base of keel of upper bracts more yellowish-green; inside of bracts greenish-yellow to pale yellow; floral bracts pale yellowish-green, flowers white at base with dark green apex.
Habitat:
Along roadside in secondary forest.
Date of Record Creation:
June 29, 2012
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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