The Green-throated Carib is perfectly adapted to feed from #heliconia flowers!
They often hang upside down to feed on their nectar.
Look up the #hummingbird on Cuba and #Heliconiaceae across the Caribbean in #gaiaeco
#EulampisHolosericeus #hummingbirds #birds
#ecology #biology #maps #biodiversity
Photo of the pendulous inflorescence of Heliconia. The inflorescence has boat-shaped, red bracts subtending yellow, stalked berries. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Photo of the inflorescence of Aechmea. The inflorescence is cone-like and has a tight cluster of pink, narrowly triangular bracts. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Bracts, by some definitions, *must* subtend a flower or inflorescence. Nobody does bracts better than the Heliconiaceae and Bromeliaceae. Here are H. collinsiana and Aechmea fasciata serving bract realness. The red & pink bits are #bracts—modified leaves. #Heliconiaceae #Bromeliaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
