Heliconia tortuosa is an herbaceous tropical perennial commonly found in secondary succession in montane forests in Central America and southern Mexico (Chiapas and Tabasco).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia tortuosa It is moderately shade tolerant. It has also been widely cultivated as a garden plant for its showy, usually twisted (hence the name tortuosa) inflorescences.Andersson, L. 1992. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Taeniostrobus and subgen. Heliconia (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Botanica 111: 1–98.Griggs, Robert Fiske. 1903. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(12): 650, t. 29, f. 1. Heliconia tortuosa
Heliconia tortuosa is selective with its pollination, allowing only green hermit and violet sabrewing hummingbirds to pollinate its flowers.
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External links Heliconia tortuosa observations on iNaturalist