Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Heliconia orthotricha
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
July 5, 1990
Determiner:
! W. J. Kress viii.92
Observers:
Edgar Gudino, Roger Peckenpaugh, and Roy Yamakawa
State:
MORONA SANTIAGO PROVINCE
Locality:
Macas-Sucua road, 11 km from Macas.
Plant Description:
Fronds erect, dark green above with raised, paler glossy veins and pale yellow midvein, below glossy grey-green with dark green veins and whitish-green midvein; peduncle pale yellow tinged red especially below bracts; bracts yellow on keel, with scarlet cheek, becoming black and then green, fading to yellow along margin; flowers green with dark green apex; fruit blue. In full sun.
Comments:
Specimen consists of two sheets (011577 & 011578).
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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