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Parrot Heliconia

heliconia psittacorum

Description:

This flower's leafs are in a shape of a lobster claw and are orange-yellow in color. The leafs are very long and are about 10 cm-12cm long and about 4 cm wide. The petals are about 5 cm long and 2 cm wide. There seemed to be no blooming fruits.

Habitat:

This flower was spotted at 10:43 am and was on a sunny side near a secondary rain forest in Singapore. There were no nearby plants.

Notes:

There were lots of red ants crawling around the plant and seemed to be living inside the flower.

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parrot heliconia
Heliconia psittacorum Heliconia psittacorum


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Singapore American School
Spotted by a stud ent at Singapore American School

Singapore, Singapore

Spotted on Mar 19, 2013
Submitted on Mar 23, 2013

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