Heliconia psittacorum with pink bracts and orange tubular flowers bearing dark tips

Heliconia psittacorum


Native from Panama to southern tropical America, this perennial herb forms dense clumps from underground rhizomes. It typically reaches about three to five feet tall. Its upright flower clusters carry narrow, pointed bracts in orange, red, pink or lilac shades. The tubular flowers have conspicuous dark green markings near their tips. Small fruits turn glossy dark blue when ripe. Widely cultivated as a tropical ornamental, it has naturalized in Queensland, Australia. Photographed in Pereira, Colombia.

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Reddish-orange Heliconia psittacorum bracts with orange flowers with black and white tips in sunlight
Red Heliconia psittacorum bracts with dark orange flowers black and orange tips
Heliconia psittacorum with pink-orange bracts and yellow flowers bearing dark green markings
Heliconia psittacorum with narrow pink-red bracts and yellow flowers bearing dark tips
Orange Heliconia psittacorum bracts and flowers in sunlight
Heliconia psittacorum with pink-red bracts and pale yellow flowers bearing dark green markings
Sunlit orange Heliconia psittacorum bracts and flowers
A Heliconia psittacorum inflorescence with bright yellow flowers framed by pointed red bracts
Curved Heliconia psittacorum inflorescence with rich orange blossoms spreading outward from red bracts
Heliconia psittacorum with red bracts and pale yellow tubular flowers bearing dark green tips
Dark orange Heliconia psittacorum bracts orange flowers
Upright Heliconia psittacorum flower cluster with red bracts and yellow flowers bearing dark tips
Orange Heliconia psittacorum flowers with dark green markings projecting from narrow orange-red bracts
Yellow Heliconia psittacorum flowers emerging between narrow upright red bracts
Reddish-orange Heliconia psittacorum bracts with orange flowers with black and white tips
Red Heliconia psittacorum bracts with dark orange flowers black and orange tips
A smiling girl wearing pink and white clothes beside flowering Heliconia psittacorum plants
Heliconia psittacorum forms a dense planting of upright green leaves and red orange inflorescences

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