It has light clear white frosting from the bottom up. Yellow lip and tip and deep red rachis. Height 6' to 16'. Widely cultivated, its bracts are pendulous, dull red to pink with white sepals. Height 6' to 12'.
Pendent bracts of red bleeding into yellow lip and green tip.
A semi-hardy variety 3' to 20'. Banana leaves to 6' or larger. A marvellous heliconia from the South Americas, beautiful red to pink upper with yellow extending on to the cheek and base, green on distal cheek, bracts covered with buff hairs and cream colored ovary and pedicals, blooming June-Nov. Height 7' to 15'. Blooming almost all year from Jan.-Aug.