Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 7512Parahellenia globosa 'Orange Sherbet'OLD NAME: Cheilocostus globosus 'Orange Sherbet' NEW NAME: Parahellenia globosa 'Orange Sherbet' NAME CHANGE NOTES: Moved to the new genus Parahellenia FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : registered cultivar CONTINENT: Asian 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.) GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: This is a cultivar name I have given to the Mark Collins collection as described below. Additional information on the species Cheilocostus globosus can be found at PID3432. The cultivar description follows: C. globosus form with yellow-orange basal flowers. Plant is glabrous except for undersides of leaves which are velutinous. Ligules are long (up to 4 cm.) and deeply lobed, becoming papery with age. Bracts, bracteoles and calyx are red and densely puberulous. Cultivar Registry Photo at http://www.gingersrus.com/Registry/Cheilocostus_OrangeSherbet.jpg Cultivar published in the Heliconia Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 4, December, 2013.
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