Lobster Claws

Heliconia pendula

Notes:

Located at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium

3 Species ID Suggestions

alicelongmartin 13 years ago

Heliconia, Bird of Paradise is quite different.

elapj 13 years ago

Bird of Paradise

Lavanya Kondapalli 13 years ago

Lobster claws

Heliconia pendula Heliconia

2 Comments

Chiclet 12 years ago

that is found in the forests in trinidad

Latimeria 13 years ago

Lavanya is right on the money with this one. I assume this spotting was in some kind of herbarium or something? Pittsburgh isn't exactly their native habitat!

Spotted by
soubry

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jul 5, 2006
Submitted on Apr 22, 2011