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expanded lobster claw heliconia

Heliconia latispatha

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Description:

A tall, erect, large flowered variety of Heliconia. The relatively inconspicuous flowers emerge from within elongated, narrowly claw-shaped, spirally arranged floral bracts on erect, up to 18 inch (46 cm) tall inflorescences.

Habitat:

Planted as an ornamental in a large semi-urban yard & garden in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Reference Links:

Expanded Lobsterclaw - Heliconia latispatha - Overview, Heliconia latispatha - Expanded Lobster Claw, Expanded Lobsterclaw, Golden Lobs…

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Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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