Saturday, June 19, 2010

A heliconia flower


The heliconia are a type of flowering plant that have nothing to do with palm trees. Their flowers are these large hanging affairs. I find something eerie about them, mostly due to the combination of blanched stalk and red hairs giving the appearance of animal flesh.

2 comments:

  1. Brian,

    Heliconia, a palm tree? Get real.

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  2. Great Scott! I don't know why I wrote palm. You're quite right.

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