Summary[edit] Description: A small species for its genus, and hence a garden favorite. Widespread in nature; and in the Amazon area the roots are used to make a beverage. Photo from Summit Park, Panama. Date: 20 September 2016, 16:01. Source: Heliconia hirsuta. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Dick Culbert: Heliconia mariae ranges from Guatemala to Columbia and Venezuela, here on the northwest coast of Panama. This style is sometimes called Firecracker or Beefsteak Heliconias. Note the red flowers peeking out from the bracts. Date: 26 January 2008, 13:03:40. Source: http://www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heliconia/index.html. Author: Dick Culbert.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Location taken: Else Kientzler Botanical Garden, Sarchi Norte, Costa Rica. Names: Heliconia psittacorum x Heliconia spathocircinata Classification: Plantae > Angiosperms > Monocots > Zingiberales > Heliconiaceae > Heliconia > Heliconia psittacorum x Heliconia spathocircinata. Date: 4 June 2008. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.