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🇲🇸🦞🇧🇴Did you know that the name “Heliconia” means “Tall Lobster Claws” in Greek? It is derived from the Greek word Ἑλικώνιος (helikṓnios) meaning , which is another word for Heliconias. The second part is from the Latin word Excelsa, sometimes meaning tall. Heliconia represents youth, pride, and great returns. Spanning nearly 200 species, Heliconias come in shades of red, yellow, orange, and green. They are native to South/Central America and the Southwest Pacific Islands. From a biological diversity perspective, Heliconia plants provide habitat and food for a variety of animals, including birds, insects, and small mammals, and are an important component of tropical ecosystems. The flowers themselves can be red, orange, yellow, or green and are usually pollinated by hummingbirds. The fruits are blue to blue-purple when ripe. The red Heliconia is the national flower of Montserrat 🇲🇸. The Heliconia is also called “patujú”, one of two national flowers of Bolivia 🇧🇴, the other being the Sacred Flower of the Incas: Cantua buxifolia. What other national flowers would you like to see? #plant #flower #meaning #culture #art #nature #design #diversity

Ready to learn about daisies? Then you’re in luck. This post will introduce you to a few different types of yellow daisy flower, along with some tips on how to grow yellow daisies and how to care for yellow daisies. It will finish by thinking about flower symbolism and trying to get to the bottom of the surprisingly common question: what do yellow daisies mean? Let’s get going. #YellowDaisies #YellowDaisy #YellowFlower

Ready to learn about daisies? Then you’re in luck. This post will introduce you to a few different types of yellow daisy flower, along with some tips on how to grow yellow daisies and how to care for yellow daisies. It will finish by thinking about flower symbolism and trying to get to the bottom of the surprisingly common question: what do yellow daisies mean? Let’s get going. #YellowDaisies #YellowDaisy #YellowFlower