Lobster Claw Family

Teahupoo, les du Vent, Polynsie Franaise

Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Heliconia psittacorum L. f. Heliconiaceae. CN: [Malay - Pokok sepit udang], Parrot's-flower, Parrot's-plantain. Native to Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia. Elsewhere naturalized and cultivated.Synonym(s):Many; see The Plant List www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-248539Ref and suggested reading: www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-248539www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?27990

Of Brazilian origin, but a favorite in tropical gardens. Photo from Boquete, Panama.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heliconia/index.html

Native to the western Amazon Basin and adjacent uplands. Photo from Cotacocha Lodge, near Tena, Ecuador. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heliconia/index.html

Heliconia tortuosa from Heliconiaceae.

Also known as H. montana and native to the mountains of Colombia. Botanical Gardens of Bogota.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heliconia/index.html

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Native to northern South America, mainly the Amazon Basin, and planted beyond in gardens. Photo from the banks of the Napo River, eastern Ecuador.

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Native to Brazil and Guinea, but widely planted in gardens. Photo from Sarapiqui Lodge, Costa Rica.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heliconia/index.html

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricasweetgum.nybg.org/osa/index.phpLos Charcos de Osawww.osaresearch.org/RA#14774

A pink heliconia from the Amazon basin, here at Sarapiqui Lodge, Costa Rica.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heliconia/index.html

Native to the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes. Photo from Wild Sumaco Reserve. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heliconia/index.html

A large heliconia at Wildsumaco Reserve. Reported only from the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.