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2006-09-20 01:13:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I remember seeing these plants in the tropics, it doesn`t look like a bird of paradise or any other relative of the banana, perchance a ginger?
2006-09-20 01:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely the Heliconia. It is planted a lot in warm climates, see it a lot in Florida. There are many, many different kinds of Heliconia and even a Heliconia Society http://www.heliconia.org/plants_index.html!!
Heliconia is in the Heliconia Family (Heliconiaceae), a suborder of the Ginger family, very different from the Bird of Paradise Family (Strelitziaceae).
Pretty plants!!
2006-09-20 09:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by plantmd 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a Heliconia originating from Peru to Argentina I think.
The stalks are to 5 to 6 ft. tall with 4 ft. leaves. The bracts up to 15 inches are red at the base with yellow tips.....The botanical name is Heliconia rostrata....hope this helps?????????
2006-09-25 19:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by Cassie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the flowers look like bird of paradise to me.
2006-09-25 17:24:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mary S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like "lobster claws" Heliconia. See pictures in link below.
Hope this helped.
2006-09-20 08:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by primer209 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes it is a bird of paradise.
2006-09-26 19:31:29 · answer #6 · answered by Jae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like bird of paradise to me too.
2006-09-27 13:55:23 · answer #7 · answered by toomeymimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what it is, but I do know it is NOT Bird of Paradise.
2006-09-20 08:27:30 · answer #8 · answered by shortfrog 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe they are called 'birds of paradise'
2006-09-20 08:21:51 · answer #9 · answered by empress_pam 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
in french, we call it "perroquet", i believe in english we call it "paraqueet"
but it's not the so-called bird of paradise.
hope that helps.Good luck!!!
2006-09-20 08:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by Veruska R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋