Parrot’s Beak

Heliconia psittacorum or Parrot’s Beak is native to tropical South America where it grows in thickets of rain forest in the lowlands or along roads.
It can measure 1.20 m high, leaves may be between 15 cm and 100 cm long and 6 cm to 20 cm wide. They are oblong, dark green and leathery. The lower leaves have a long petiole, the upper leaves almost no petiole.
The flowers are erect, 9 cm long with long bracts 3-15 cm, usually orange and red at the top. The flowers are 2.5 to 5 cm long, they are tubular, orange, yellow or green top with dark green or black.
The fruits are rounded, 1 cm wide, yellowish to dark blue at maturity. They contain 3 seeds.
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