A recent study highlights a troubling reality for Heliconia, a genus of tropical plants celebrated for their stunning, bird-shaped flowers. Published today, March 7, in the journal Plants, People, ...

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Most flowering plants depend on animals for pollination. In warm wet tropical regions, more than 90% of plant species are pollinated by animals. In Dominica, a Caribbean island country, researchers ...

Some plants crave a long bird bill. One tropical plant can even recognize which kind of hummingbird is slurping its nectar by the shape of its bill, scientists report online March 2 in the Proceedings ...

Heliconias originate from the rainforest where they grow as understory plants. In Central and South Florida, they are grown as landscape plants and in cut flower gardens. The flowers produced and the ...

Hi Carol: I read your article on heliconia. I have a giant planter outside with many of these gorgeous flowers and two small planters with two or three each. Can you tell me the frequency of watering ...