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Heliconia psittacorum


Heliconia psittacorum



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Very exotic.

24 Nov, 2011

 

Gorgeous!

24 Nov, 2011

 

You'll miss all this if you return to France!

24 Nov, 2011

 

I remember when a new colleague moved here from Trinidad some years ago...he couldn't believe how short-lived our flowers were because of course all these tropical flowers last for weeks, some for months!

25 Nov, 2011

 

p.s. it was him that warned me about the scorpions and snakes etc.! :)

25 Nov, 2011

 

wow! thats amazing.

26 Nov, 2011

 

That's a very nice Heliconia psittacorum! I used to have one...it died during our 7 year drought. My Heliconia angusta 'Yellow Christamas' and 'Red Christmas died in the drought, also. :>(

27 Nov, 2011

 

Hello! I've just found all these nice comments (except the one about the snakes and scorpions, KS!) - never knew that they were there! How strange...

8 Dec, 2011

 

Scorpions are very common here in San Diego County, and throughout California. They usually don't bother, though. They eat a lot of bugs. :>)

8 Dec, 2011

 

I've only ever seen one (well two, but the second one was almost microscopic) and it was living in the BBQ of a villa we rented in Italy... It was a huge black one, just like Scorpio. It didn't bother us, tho'...just vacated its home everynight when we lit the coals!

8 Dec, 2011



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