Give your bird of paradise the love they deserve with a touch of intentional styling for a magnificent piece of statement foliage ...

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke lobster claws ... to calculate ...

Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light ...

The orange bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is one of the most recognized tropical plants in our island plant palette.

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their ... resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke lobster claws ...

Heliconia bella in Panama. This species was discovered and named by John Kress, an emeritus curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and one of the authors of the new study.