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
Parrot Heliconia or Parakeet Flower (Heliconia psittacorum) cultivated at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore. A native of Brazil. Photographed on 19 December 2004www.inaturalist.org/observations/53695928