I love the wet shiny tooth-like seeds poking out from the red bracts, each with a dried dark end. These exotic creatures were hanging down over my head. The angles and colors are amazing!

Unlike some of the Heliconia species, Heliconia collinsiana is well behaved in the garden and stays in a nice clump. Tall and elegant with lance-like green leaves that contrast with the red orange and gold flowers. Having these in your yard is always exciting! And they are marvelous as cut flowers standing dramatically in a tall glass cylinder!

Heliconia collinsiana
Windows to the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
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Dale Chihuly, Float Boat, 2014 exhibited in Glades Lake.

See my set, Chihuly at Fairchild Garden.
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Aechmea blanchetiana
Biscayne Park, FL
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Urban Habitat
Biscayne Park FL
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Living in a Jungle
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