Ten Heliconia species compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs of bracts and inflorescences. An editorial selection, not a scientific ranking. Cultivated plants are not presented as wild habitat records. Photograph credits: 1. File:Flickr - brewbooks - Heliconia rostrata.jpg; brewbooks from near Seattle, USA; Required credit: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_brewbooks_-_Heliconia_rostrata.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 2. File:Parrot heliconia (Heliconia psittacorum).jpg; Octave Fargier; Required credit: Octave Fargier; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parrot_heliconia_(Heliconia_psittacorum).jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 3. File:CJB-Jardin d'hiver-Heliconia bihai-1.jpg; MHM55; Required credit: MHM55; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CJB-Jardin_d%27hiver-Heliconia_bihai-1.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 4. File:Heliconia caribaea (balisier).jpg; Filo gèn'; Required credit: Filo gèn'; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_caribaea_(balisier).jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 5. File:Heliconia stricta0.jpg; Kurt Stüber [1]; Required credit: Kurt Stüber [1]; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_stricta0.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 6. File:Heliconia latispatha (Starwiz).jpg; Justin Lebar; Required credit: Justin Lebar; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_latispatha_(Starwiz).jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 7. File:Heliconia wagneriana 0zz.jpg; Photo by David J. Stang; Required credit: Photo by David J. Stang; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_wagneriana_0zz.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 8. File:Heliconia chartacea 'Sexy Pink'.jpg; Mokkie; Required credit: Mokkie; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_chartacea_%27Sexy_Pink%27.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 9. File:Heliconia collinsiana BotGardBln271207A.jpg; User:BotBln; Required credit: User:BotBln; CC BY 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_collinsiana_BotGardBln271207A.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 10. File:Heliconia pendula (6337842946).jpg; Ruben Undheim from Trondheim, Norway; Required credit: Ruben Undheim from Trondheim, Norway; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_pendula_(6337842946).jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. Video adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Original photographs retain their licenses; no author endorsement implied.