Illustration Amazon Neotropical: Victoria amazonica enormous circular upturned-rim ribbed floating leaf pad radially-arranged prominent stiff ribbed veining large white cream-pink multi-petalled central boss stamens/Theobroma cacao large oval prominently-ribbed elongated cacao pod vivid yellow-green orange-red ripe colours small cauliflorous pink-white five-petalled cacao flower directly old woody trunk bark/Couroupita guianensis large heavy perfectly-spherical hard woody cannonball hanging long pendant cauliflorous fruiting racemes directly trunk beautiful large complex multi-petalled pink-orange-red flower numerous pink orange yellow stamens/Heliconia large brilliant vivid brightly-coloured boat-shaped bracts brilliant-red orange-red keeled alternating two-ranked stacking small yellow-green flowers emerging open/Strelitzia reginae dramatic bird-like large brilliant-orange upright sepals large vivid deep-blue violet-blue arrow-head-shaped petals long prominent boat-shaped dark-green purple-green spathe

Amazon – Victoria amazonica / Theobroma cacao / Couroupita guianensis / Heliconia / Strelitzia

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Amazon – Victoria amazonica / Theobroma cacao / Couroupita guianensis / Heliconia / Strelitzia – This is how it could look

Amazon Neotropical plants: (1) Victoria amazonica Giant Water Lily characteristic enormous circular platter-like floating leaf pad characteristic enormous perfectly-circular upturned-rim floating leaf pad characteristic prominent upturned ribbed-rim edge regular evenly-spaced rim-notch gap spine-like thorns underside rim characteristic large radially-arranged prominent stiff ribbed veining flat leaf-pad surface characteristic large white cream-pink multi-petalled flower prominent central boss stamens — (2) Theobroma cacao Cacao Tree characteristic large oval prominently-ribbed elongated cacao pod vivid yellow-green yellow orange-red deep-red ripe cacao pod colours characteristic small cauliflorous pink-white five-petalled cacao flower growing directly old woody trunk bark — (3) Couroupita guianensis Cannonball Tree characteristic large heavy perfectly-spherical hard woody cannonball-like fruit hanging long pendant cauliflorous fruiting racemes directly old trunk characteristic beautiful large complex multi-petalled pink-orange-red flower numerous large pink orange yellow stamens — (4) Heliconia characteristic large brilliant vivid brightly-coloured boat-shaped Heliconia bracts vivid brilliant-red orange-red keeled boat-shaped bracts alternating two-ranked stacking row characteristic small yellow-green actual Heliconia flowers emerging open bracts — (5) Strelitzia reginae Bird of Paradise characteristic dramatic bird-like flower large brilliant-orange upright sepals large vivid deep-blue violet-blue arrow-head-shaped petals emerging long prominent boat-shaped dark-green purple-green spathe.

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