CULTIVAR NAME: 'Lita Red'
PARENTAGE: Costus aff. laevis
STATUS: Established
TYPE: selection
REFERENCE: http://www.gingersrus.com/DataSheet.php?PID=7517
PUBLISHED: December 2013 in Heliconia Society Bulletin 19 (4)
REGISTRANT: D. Skinner
NOTES:
ORIGIN: Collected, named and introduced by Dave Skinner, found in Ecuador near the town of Lita.
DESCRIPTION: Plant fits description of C. laevis 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.
