Heliconia Psittacorum
Heliconia psittacorum, commonly known as parrot’s beak heliconia or parrot’s flower, is a tropical flowering plant native to Central and South America.
It belongs to the Heliconiaceae family and is known for its vibrant and colorful bracts that resemble the plumage of a parrot, thus giving it its common name
Heliconia psittacorum commonly known as parrot’s flower, parrot’s beak, false bird-of-paradise. It is an ornamental, perennial herb grows up to 1 m to 3 m height.
Heliconia psittacorum plant has reed-like stems and long, pointy banana-like, red-edged leaves with a coppery sheen.
The attractive leaves have prominent midribs in shades of pink and ivory. The blooms are erect, 9 cm long with long bracts 3 – 15 cm, usually orange and red at the top.
The blooms are two to five cm long, they are tubular, orange, yellow or green top with dark green or black.
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