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heliconia

Heliconia psittacorum (?)




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9 Comments

IanMichaelIleto
IanMichaelIleto 2 years ago

They are similar, thank you susan.

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 2 years ago

some similarity to this one of mine shot in Costa Rica:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/634...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 2 years ago

Juan your realisation like every Ape is not Monkey...!!

IanMichaelIleto
IanMichaelIleto 2 years ago

When i showed the photo to friends, without a pause they said Bird of Paradise! hahaha... I guess that's common name :D doing more search I found a more likely plant Heliconia psittacorum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconia_p...

Oh... I see.. that's new to me. thanks for the info.. So the one that's very common in the Philippines is Heliconia

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 2 years ago

@Steffi.. every Heliconia is not Bird of Paradise..what I learned from Project Noah....

Heliconia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconia

that's bird of paradise

IanMichaelIleto
IanMichaelIleto 2 years ago

you are probably right :D thanks!

Steffi
Steffi 2 years ago

perhaps a bird of paradise flower?

Cagayan, Philippines

Lat: 18.61, Long: 121.08

Spotted on Feb 15, 2011
Submitted on Jun 13, 2011

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