HELICONIA
"Heliconia is centered in South America and Central America, with its center of variation along the Andes from Peru to Costa Rica, Four of the 5 subgenera (Heliconia, Griggsia, Stenochlamys, and Taeniostrobus) are confined to the Neotropics. , Heliconiopsis, occurs in the western Pacific (Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kress 1990b). " (Andersson in Kubitzki 1998 "Heliconiaceae"
I took this picture at my grandmother's house.
This is my entry on #flowers. This contest is run by 
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Captured with my Smartphone Samsung Galaxi Duos II.
The Petals contests are:
Sunday- #rosesopenweekend (ends on saturday)
Monday- #flowers (ends on sunday)
Wednesday- #pinkflowerday (ends on tuesday)
Friday- #yellowflowerday (ends on thursday)