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Also called "firecracker". Seen along the trail to Akaka Falls on Hawaii, HI.
Spiral plant with white, yellow and pink-red flowers.
Seen growing wild at the start of the Manoa Falls trail in Honolulu, HI
Heliconias are relatives of the banana plant and this species really shows it ...
This Heliconia is different from other Heliconia species in that its flowers ...
Large red petals and bracts. Probably about the size of a baseball.
This genus is native to the tropical Americas. The plants are popular as ...
Zingiberales, that is the gingers, ...
consisting of bracts enclosing yellow tubular flowers. Belongs to ...
. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the ...
A tall, erect, large flowered variety of Heliconia. The relatively ...
Said to be "a rare member of the Costus family", Costus osae, native to Costa ...
This Heliconia species is a herbaceous perennial native to northwestern South ...
This Canna is a large green leaf with dark red edge on the young leaf. As it ...
A young green-colored katydid still without wings, trying to blend in the ...
A young female Argiope species spider in the centre of her web. Mainly white in ...
Also called parakeet flower, parrot's flower, parrot's plantain, false ...
This stately "tree" is not a palm or a banana tree but a member of the ...
The Stromanthe sanguinea has a shrub-like development. These plants give origin ...
Also known as Malay or spiral ginger, Cheilocostus (Costus) speciosus is native ...
Also known as Costus speciosus. This plant is native to southeast Asia, New ...
2003, confirms the Heliconiaceae as distinct and places them in the order ...