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Field Notes

Description:

beautifull red flower, the last picture corresponds to one in mature stage

Habitat:

tropical dry place

Species ID Suggestions

Wax Flower

Etlingera elatior

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Jolly Ibañez
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Comments (2)
craigwilliams
Such a beauty :) This looks like a flower from a glance but its actually an inflorescence, or group of flowers. In the last picture, every fruit you see used to be an individual flower, just like every piece of corn on Zea mays & every sunflower seed.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2012

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