Heliconiaceae (heliconia family)

Heliconiaceae (heliconia family)

Heliconias are attractive tropical plants with banana-like leaves and beautiful, long lasting inflorescences composed of showy bracts which contain the true flowers. There is only one genus in this family (Heliconia), and between 200 and 250 species, native mostly to the Americas, but a few species are found in the South Pacific.

Heliconia bihai (as Heliconia humilis) (Jacquin, 1804)

Heliconias may be distinguished from other members of the Zingiberales by their inverted flowers, a sterile staminode and fruits which are drupes (a hard seed surrounded by fleshy pulp).

We have the following heliconias growing at Montoso Gardens (view as thumbnails):

Scientific Name	Common Name	Plant Family
H. bihai x spathocircinata 'Cinnamon Twist'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. bihai x spathocircinata 'Orange Cinnamon Twist'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. caribaea x bihai 'Caribbean Sunset I'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. caribaea x bihai 'Hot Río Nites'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. caribaea x bihai 'Jacquinii'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. caribaea x bihai 'Manoa Midnight'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. caribaea x bihai 'Orange Delight'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. caribaea x bihai 'Richmond Red'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. chartacea x platystachys 'Temptress'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. collinsiana x bourgeana 'Pedro Ortiz'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. episcopalis x standleyi 'Flabellata'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. marginata x bihai 'Rauliniana'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Golden Torch'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Guyana'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Keanae Red'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Yellow Parrot'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Tortuga'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
H. psittacorum x spathocircinata 'Tropica'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia aemygdiana	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia angusta 'Orange Christmas'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Aurea'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Emerald Forest'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Five A.M.'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Giant Lobster Claw'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Guapa'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Halloween'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Lemaii'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Lobster Claw One'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Nappi'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Peachy Pink'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia bihai 'Yellow Dancer'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia caribaea 'Bonnie Kline'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia caribaea 'Cream'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia caribaea 'Flash'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia caribaea 'Purpurea'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia caribaea 'St. Lucia'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia caribaea 'Yellow'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia champneiana 'Maya Blood'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia champneiana 'Splash'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia chartacea 'Sexy Pink'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia collinsiana	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia episcopalis 'Red and Orange Spear'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia episcopalis 'Yellow Spear'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia hirsuta	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia indica 'Green'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia indica 'Bangkok'	variegated heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia irrasa	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia latispatha 'Distans'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia latispatha 'Mexican Gold'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia latispatha 'Orange Gyro'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia latispatha 'Fat Lat'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia lingulata 'Fan'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia lingulata 'Red Tip Fan'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia magnifica	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia marginata (pendent yellow)	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia mariae	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia metallica	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia mutisiana	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia nickeriensis	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia orthotricha 'Edge of Nite'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia orthotricha 'Macas Pink'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia orthotricha 'She'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia pendula 'Atlantica'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia plowmaniana	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia platystachys	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia pogonantha	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Andromeda'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Borinquen Midnight'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Borinquen Sunrise'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Kathy'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Lady Di'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Lizzette'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Nadja'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Petra'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Pinky'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Sassy'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Strawberries and Cream'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum 'Tropical Night'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia ramonensis	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia richardiana 'Little Richard'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia rivularis 'Brazilian Firefly'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia rodriguensis	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia rostrata	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia rostrata 'Dwarf'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia rostrata 'Misahualli'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia schiediana	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia sp. 'Lankford'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia spathocircinata	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Bucky'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Dark Desire'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Dorado Gold'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Dwarf Jamaican'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Iris'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Oriole Orange'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Pascuita'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia stricta 'Valentine'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia umbrophila	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia vellerigera 'King Kong'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia velloziana	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia wagneriana	heliconia	Heliconiaceae
Heliconia xanthovillosa 'Shogun'	heliconia	Heliconiaceae

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