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            The false bird of paradise or hanging lobster claw (Heliconia rostrata) is a large evergreen perennial with banana-like leaves. Other names are lobster-claw, crab claw and hanging heliconia. 
It is a beautiful tropical plant which blooms with tiny white flowers housed in bright red and yellow bracts. 
The flowers are in fact quite tiny and inconsequential.
The plant up to 6 meters high is native to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico.

De valse paradijsvogel of snavelheliconia  (Heliconia rostrata), is een rechtop groeiende tot 6 meter hoge groenblijvende plant. 
De plant heeft een vlezige, 90 à 150 cm lange schijnstam van in elkaar geschoven bladscheden, vergelijkbaar met die van banaan.
De afwisselend geplaatste, enkelvoudige bladeren zijn langgesteeld, groen, leerachtig, lang-elliptisch en 0,5 à 2 meter lang en 15 à 40 centimeter breed.
De plant heeft opvallende, 30 à 100 cm lange, rood met geel gekleurde schutbladen, die lijken op een bloem maar de kleine 2 à 5 cm witgele bloempjes zitten erin.
De echte bloemen zijn in feite vrij klein en onbeduidend.
De plant komt oorspronkelijk uit Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica en Ecuador en is geïmporteerd in Puerto Rico.
Deze foto is gemaakt in de tropische vlindertuin Vlindorado in Waarland bij Alkmaar.
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Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Waarland (show map)

Taken on: June 18, 2020

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Camera: Sony ILCA-77M2, f/4.0, 1/160 sec, 100mm (=150mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCA-77M2
Lens:	MACRO 100mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	100mm (35mm equivalent: 150mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 16.0 (Windows)
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