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Heliconia Golden Torch Botanical name: Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata Family: Heliconiaceae (heliconia family) H eliconias are indigenous to tropical America, and are distinct individual flowers … Heliconia can grow in seasonally dry locations -- however most grow in moist and wet regions. Growing from rhizomes, they have erect shoots, with a stem and huge leaves and it ends by a manner in which flowers develop on the stalk : brilliant orange - with a shade of red... The inflorescence comes from bracts rather than the actual flower. It can be grown anywhere. They also make great container plants. Heliconias are heavy feeders, and need rich humic soil***. The Heliconia blooms all the through the summer and they make great cut flowers: lasting 2 to 3 weeks. Heliconia is gaining popularity in world as well as Indian market due to its cut flower-value. It also have long vase life. Please note that there is a lot of difference between the Heliconia & The Bird of Paradise … ***

Bird Of Paradise: Genus Strelitzia Common : Strelitzia, Crane Flower or Bird of Paradise..... Strelitzia reginae is a monocotyledonous Flowering Plant …. (Monocotyledonous: Flowering plant that has a single leaf in the seed and floral parts in multiples of three). Bird of Paradise is indigenous to South Africa. lt is grown in India in regions such as the Western Ghats, Kerala, Karnataka .. The Bird of Paradise is grown Bangalore as a familiar ornamental plant. Bird of Paradise prefers moderate humidity, The plant grows to 2 m (6½ ft) tall, with large- strong leaves . The leaves are evergreen and arranged in two ranks, making a fan-shaped crown. Long stemmed flowers emerge from green boat-shaped bracts .. which are bordered in red or purple. (Bracts a modified leaf that arises from the stem at the point where the flower or flower cluster develops). Many pointed petals of brilliant orange are contrasted with an arrow-shaped tongue of vibrant -inkish blue. The flowers stand above the foli