Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 7517Costus kuntzei 'Lita Red'OLD NAME: Costus laevis 'Lita Red' NEW NAME: Costus kuntzei 'Lita Red' NAME CHANGE NOTES: FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : registered cultivar CONTINENT: Neotropical FIELD OBSERVATIONS:(If field observations are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) PHOTOS:(If photos are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Collected, named and introduced by Dave Skinner, found in Ecuador near the town of Lita. Plant generally fits description of C. kuntzei but with cherry red bracts and matching red flowers with a large open labellum. Plant grows to about 3 meters tall, vegetative parts all glabrous, ligule and petiole 15 mm long. Bracts are deep red with distinct nectar callus, corolla and stamen are red. Labellum is broad and spreading cherry red with a yellow throat. Cultivar Registry Photo at http://www.gingersrus.com/Registry/Costus_LitaRed.jpg Cultivar published in the Heliconia Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 4, December, 2013.
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