Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Heliconia psittacorum L. f. Heliconiaceae. CN: [Malay - Pokok sepit udang], Parrot's-flower, Parrot's-plantain. Native to Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia. Elsewhere naturalized and cultivated.Ref and suggested reading: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?27990
Summary[edit] Description: English: Location taken: Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Baltimore MD USA. Names: Classification: Plantae > Angiosperms > Monocots > Zingiberales > Heliconiaceae > Heliconia > Heliconia stricta var. Jamaican Dwarf. Date: 25 March 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.
Summary[edit] Description: This member of the large Zingiberaceae family grows naturally from Peru to Argentina in wet forests. Where other heliconia have upward facing flowers, Lobster Claw's face down. The greenish yellow flowers provide a rich source of nectar for birds and are especially favourites with hummingbirds. The hummingbirds provide pollination services in return. The Lobster Claw, known in Bolivia as pataju, is one of two national flowers of Bolivia. The other is the kantuta. Date: 27 December 2019, 12:19. Source: Lobster Claw (Heliconia Rostrata). Author: geoff mckay from Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Location taken: Wilson Botanical Garden, Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica. Names: Heliconia schiedeana Klotzsch Classification: Plantae > Angiosperms > Monocots > Zingiberales > Heliconiaceae > Heliconia > Heliconia schiedeana glabrifolia. Date: 7 June 2008. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.