Heliconia Collection

Purple-throated hummingbirds, male
In a fascinating example of sexual dimorphism and plant-animal relationships: the male hummingbird with a larger body and short

Lobster-claw plant, Heliconia wagneriana (Heliconia aureo-striata). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Phrynium villosulum foliage plant (Heliconia triumphans). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Red palulu or macawflower, Heliconia bihai, and fruit of the Phenakospermum guyannense palm tree. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Tree-nymph, large smoky acraea and glasswing
Tree-nymph butterfly, Idea lynceus (Idaea lyncea) 1, large smoky acraea, Acraea camaena 2, and glasswing, Ithomia drymo (Heliconia diaphana) 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Tiger, daggerwing, satyr and sapho butterflies
Harmonia tiger wing, Tithorea harmonia 1, sunset daggerwing, Marpesia furcula 2, andromeda satyr, Cithaerias andromeda 3, and sapho longwing, Heliconius sapho 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Pink acraea, large spotted acraea and yellow clearwing
Pink acraea butterfly, Acraea caecilia 1, 2, large spotted acraea, Acraea zetes 3, 4, and yellow clearwing, Scada karschina 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Heliconia angusta (Two-coloured heliconia, Heliconia bicolor). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Priscilla Bury from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Heliconia (a species of Ginger) plant flowers at Borneo Rainforest Lodge (Heliconia spp.). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Purple-throated hummingbirds, female
In a fascinating example of sexual dimorphism and plant-animal relationships: the female hummingbird with a smaller body and long

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