Heliconia
by Penny Lisowski
Title
Heliconia
Artist
Penny Lisowski
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Photograph - Color Photographs
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Heliconia are such elegant plants. They stand tall. Love the colr and shape. Hope you can picture it in your home. The genus Heliconia refers to a group of plants related to gingers, bananas, prayer plants and Birds of Paradise. There are an estimated 350 species of heliconia, the vast majority are found in tropical America. Oddly, six species have evolved in the islands from Sulawezi to the Solomon Islands. The inflorescence of Heliconia is the usual focus of interest because it is not only complex; it is usually very colorful to humans and of course to its pollinators the hummingbirds and insects. The boat-like bracts are colorful, usually in hues of red, yellow, orange and even pink or combinations of these mixed with
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July 16th, 2013
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