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Photos of heliconia in Costa Rica (Central America) [updated 2009-03-26]


Below you will find a collection of photos from Costa Rica. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.









Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower



Yellow heliconia



Red and yellow heliconia



Orange and yellow heliconia



Red ginger



Banana flower



Heliconia structure



Bird of paradise


Heliconia flower
Heliconia flower



Rolled Heliconia leaf



Bird of paradise flower



Yellow heliconia flowers


Leaf transforming into a bird-of-paradise bracht
Leaf transforming into a bird-of-paradise bracht



Magenta heliconia


Red bracht
Red bracht



Red bird-of-paradise



Red bird-of-paradise



Red heliconia



Red and yellow heliconia


Red bracht
Red bracht



Heliconia structure



Red heliconia (Lobster Claw Helconia?)



Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower



Bee on a bird-of-paradise flower



Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower



Red and yellow heliconia



Orange flower



Banana flower



Anole lizard


Red bracht
Red bracht




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