Heliconia orthotricha L. Andersson

Heliconiaceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 98850
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry
Identified ByD.A. Neill (ECUAMZ), 2020
SourceC. Davidson
Date20 September 2007
CountryEcuador
provinceZamora Chinchipe
LocationVicinity of Tandaime, above the junction to Condor Mirador, military reservation above Tandaime village, sandstone plateau of Cordillera del Condor, dwarf forest with canopy 8-10 m tall. 1420 m elev.
Lat/LongS 03 35 54 W 078 29 14
Note3-4 m tall; inflorescence erect; bracts distichous, bright orange-red, except greenish along margins and a base on stalk; flowers green.