Cyril Ruoso / Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Heather Angel / Bird of paradise / Crane flower (Strelitzia reginae). Cultivated in garden. Native to South Africa.

Phil Savoie / Heliconia flower (Heliconia psittacorum) Braulio Carrillo National Park, Talamancan montane forest, Costa Rica.

Jouan Rius / Bird of paradise bush (Caesalpinia gilliesi) flower, Arizona, USA, April.

Ann & Steve Toon / Crane flower (Strelitzia reginae) Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, September

Cyril Ruoso / Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) and Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Cyril Ruoso / Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Adrian Davies / Bird of Paradise or crane flower (Strelitzia reginae). In cultivation. Occurs in South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Crane Flower (Strelitzia reginae) Gauteng, South Africa, March.

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Parrot's beak heliconia (Heliconia psittacorum) Parabara, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Heliconia flower (Heliconia psittacorum) Parabara, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Adrian Davies / Parrot's flower (Heliconia psittacorum), Cornwall, England, UK, July.