Talk:Heliconia

The photos are inadequate. The whole plant needs to be shown because when the flower isn't in bloom, you identify the plant by the leaves. Furthermore, serious plant enthusiasts are interested in the leaf and structure of the stem as much as flower lovers are enchanted by the blossoms! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.95.115.20 (talk) 20:01, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a heliconia? The leaves do not look like heliconia.
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No, it isn't; as you say, the leaves and stems are completely different. - MPF 13:56, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow - tip of my tongue, but I can't remember what it's called. Try to Reference desk or something - it's a common ornamental, someone must know it. Guettarda 14:04, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very knowledgable, but the foliage appears similar to me to some Aphelandra genus species that I've seen on the web recently. kagop 11:55, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of requested move[edit]

Requested move: Bird of paradise (disambiguation) → Bird of paradise. Please read and contribute to survey here. --Una Smith (talk) 23:35, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Angusta = angustifolia?[edit]

The list of species on this page includes H. angusta and H. angustifolia. But Heliconia angustifolia is a redirect to Heliconia angusta, which says they're synonyms. NCBI taxonomy browser [1] doesn't list either of them. --50.133.131.206 (talk) 16:32, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Greek[edit]

If you are going to give us the Greek word the name is derived from, it would be nice to know what this Greek word means, or some reason why these plants got this name. --217.239.9.63 (talk) 08:22, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've put a "citation needed" message against this. I can't find a meaning in the standard refs and dictionaries. There are several places called Helicon. Darorcilmir (talk) 10:24, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]