Heliconia chartacea plant that is also known as sexy pink in Tobago
Heliconia chartacea is a species of Heliconia native to the American tropics mainly Guiana and Brazil It is a common upland species of disturbed sites young secondary forest and abandoned cultivation and is often found near human habitation It is a herbaceous plant with paired large oblong leaves like those of its relative the banana It can grow to 7 8 m in height and plants can form large clumps with age The flowering stems are pendulous The bright pink colour of the flower bracts is rare among heliconias making it very easy to identify The conspicuous pink part of the large and showy hanging inflorescences is actually the waxy bracts modified leaves with the small green true flowers half hidden inside It is pollinated by hermit hummingbirds It has blue black fruits that contain 3 very hard seeds which are capable of extended dormancy in the soil The fruits are eaten by a variety of birds including tanagers and thrushes Several cultivars have been selected for garden planting including Sexy Pink and Sexy Scarlet
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