Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Bird of paradise



Thank you to Marni Zainodin for send me such awesome postcard.

Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west to Indonesia. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise.


3 comments:

Marie Reed said...

This is just want I needed to see! I've been sick sick sick lately.. This gorgeous bird of paradise image cheered me right up:)

MuseSwings said...

What a beautiful card! My bird of paridise is in bloom in my yard - such exotic flowers!

Evelyn Yvonne Theriault said...

This flower is exquisite, Lay Hoon - and it does my heart good to be seeing this in our snow and ice-bound city!