This moderately large species is widely distributed over South America. It produces a very exotic, upright, spiraling inflorescence with rose-pink bracts and a yellowish base and rachis...
A medium-sized Heliconia from lowland and montane rainforests in western Ecuador with an upright inflorescence that has narrow yellow to pinkish red bracts. An easy plant for the tropics and frost free warm temperate areas...
A rare and endangered Heliconia native to montane rainforests from Costa Rica to Colombia with a very compact, distichous, upright inflorescence with dark red, overlapping bracts...
Beautiful flowers and unusual foliage! This small species from rainforests from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica has upright inflorescences with orange bracts and large, yellow flowers...
A beautiful dwarf Heliconia from montane rainforests above 1000 m (3300 ft.) in Panama with erect, distichous inflorescences that has densely set bracts of a stunning cherry-coral color. The leaves have red midribs. In cultivation it does best in a humid, mild, warm temperate climate that has no ext..
A robust and easily grown, medium-sized species from the Caribbean with a large, upright, distichous inflorescence with up to 22 green-lipped, bright red, cup-shaped bracts...
A large, fast growing Heliconia with big, upright inflorescences that have 5 to 12 bright yellow bracts. It is easy to grow and will flower in as little as two years from seed. The inflorescences last for weeks as cut flowers...
A medium to large Heliconia with stunning, large, upright inflorescences that have deep, cup-shaped, red or pink bracts with long, pointed tips. Native to rainforests in Veracruz, Mexico, it is best suited to tropical and some warm temperate climates...
A medium to large Heliconia with stunning, large, upright inflorescences that have deep, cup-shaped bracts with long, pointed tips that are red in this form. Native to rainforests in Veracruz, Mexico, it is best suited to tropical and some warm temperate climates...
A beautiful, medium-sized Heliconia to about 4 m tall from montane rainforests and cloud forests between 900 and 3100 m in southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru with an upright inflorescence that has narrow, red bracts and large green flowers followed by yellow fruits that mature to blue. It ..
A beautiful, medium-sized species from S Mexico and Central America with a large, dense, upright, distichous inflorescence with up to 15 red, cup-shaped bracts...
A beautiful, medium-sized species from southern Mexico and Central America with a large, dense, upright, distichous inflorescence with up to 15 golden yellow, cup-shaped bracts...
A beautiful, medium-sized Heliconia from southern Mexico and Central America with a large, dense, upright, distichous inflorescence with up to 15 yellow and red mottled, cup-shaped bracts...
The inflorescence of this species from northeastern South America has the most unreal pink colored bracts with a light green lip, held on a bright red stalk and all frosted with a pale, waxy layer. It is a moderate to large sized species that reaches between 1.8 and 5 m (6 and 16 ft.) tall...
The pendent spiraling inflorescence of this species from Brazil and Guiana has scarlet colored bracts with a light green lip, held on a scarlet stalk, frosted with a pale, waxy layer, and makes a magnificent cut flower. It is a moderate to large sized species that reaches between 1.5 and 4 m (5 and ..
A hybrid of fairly moderate size that reaches only 2.5 m (8 ft.) tall. Its long, pendent, spiraling inflorescence has about 18 reddish-orange bracts with a yellow lip and are covered with a waxy hue...
One of the hardier, easier to grow, and more robust species native to Mexico and Central America. It has a pendent, bright red inflorescence, often with a waxy covering...
Native to rainforests at low to medium elevations in Central and South America, Heliconia curtispatha is found between Honduras and Ecuador. It is a large species with long inflorescences that have many, densely set, red bracts. The inflorescence is impressive but unfortunately does not make a good ..
A smallish Heliconia with upright inflorescences that resemble those of H. psittacorum and have red and orange bracts and orangeish-yellow flowers. It adapts easily to all tropical climates and is particularly popular in Asia. It is also great for growing in pots...
A beautiful, large Heliconia from Colombia and Ecuador, 2.4 to 3.6 m (8 to 12 ft.) tall, with large, pendent, red inflorescences and yellow flowers and fruit. H. dielsiana grows high up in the cloud forests of the Andes to over 2000 m (6600 ft.) and can handle a fair amount of cool weather, making i..
A larger species from southern Brazil and northern Argentina with upright , red inflorescences that sport a gold colored rachis and bract bases. Apart from tropical color for the garden, it provides magnificent cut flowers that last for weeks. Heliconia farinosa is one of the more cold hardy Helicon..
A larger, vigorous and robust species from southern Brazil and northern Argentina with big, bold, erect, bright red inflorescences that brighten up the tropical garden and are also great as long-lasting and valuable cut flowers. Heliconia farinosa is one of the more cold hardy Heliconia..
A large Heliconia with long, pendent, distichous inflorescences that have red bracts and yellow flowers followed by yellow fruits. Heliconia fragilis is found on steep hillsides, often nears streams, in rainforests in southern Colombia from low elevations to 2000 m. It was described in 1982 and is r..
A magnificent, medium-sized Heliconia with pendent, spiraling inflorescences that have reddish-pink bracts with dark purple keels, covered with a thin, waxy white hue. The leaves have maroon midribs and are whitish below. The yellow fruits and seeds are unusually large for a Heliconia. Heliconia gri..
Native to rainforests between low elevations and 2500 m in Ecuador and Colombia, this fabulous, medium to large Heliconia has impressive, long, pendent and distichous inflorescences with many red and yellow bracts. Most impressive however are its bright red young stems, making it the Heliconia-equiv..
A small Heliconia, widely distributed in rainforests throughout South America. Its leaves differ from most other Heliconia in that they are arranged like those of many gingers and thus referred to as zingiberoid, the inflorescence is held upright and distichous. This dwarf cultivar from Ecuador spor..
A small Heliconia, widely distributed in rainforests throughout South America. Its leaves differ from most other Heliconia in that they are arranged like those of many gingers and thus referred to as zingiberoid, the inflorescence is held upright and distichous. This dwarf cultivar from Ecuador spor..