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Heliconia

Description:

Plant to more than 4m tall. Leaf blade1.5 m long with wavy edge.6-15 overlapping bracts in a plane, pink red orange in center of bract surrounded by yellow then green toward edge.

Habitat:

Through central America to Columbia

Notes:

Repels predators while attracting partners through liquid in bract.

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Heliconia
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1 Comment

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

I'm not sure which cultivar this is. Nice spotting.

Design4Mobility
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Design4Mobility

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 23, 2013
Submitted on Jan 23, 2013

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