Avecilla- Heliconia psittacorum

Avecilla-  Heliconia psittacorum

A herbaceous upright small heliconia, indigenous to the Amazon rainforest Heliconia psittacorum flowers are actually highly modified leaves and bracts growing up to no more than four feet tall.

The parrot's beaks are exotic, abundantly bloomers all year long. The flower, or inflorescence of the Heliconia stays almost constant, and may last from several days to several months. Heliconias like places with a lot of water, rich soil, and sunlight. Heliconia psittacorum does not mind cool temperatures, but does best in warm, humid areas. Although these large tropical flowers are natives to only Central and South America. Heliconias are remarkable plants, not only for the beauty of their flowers, but also for the fact that they are so mysterious---so little is known about them, their cultivation and care. In the American Tropics, hummingbirds are the exclusive polinators of red, yellow, pink and orange heliconias while nectar feeding bats are the polinators of green heliconias.