{"id":13612,"date":"2011-04-15T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T07:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=13612"},"modified":"2011-04-17T01:50:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T08:50:44","slug":"flowers-of-el-yunque-rainforest-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/13612","title":{"rendered":"Flowers of El Yunque Rainforest, Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, I saw quite a number of flowering plants including False Bird of Paradise (<em>Heliconia wagneriana<\/em> and <em>Heliconia bihi<\/em>), and Red Ginger (<em>Alpinia purpurata<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13613\" title=\"False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia wagneriana)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia.jpg\" alt=\"False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia wagneriana)\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">False Bird of Paradise (<em>Heliconia wagneriana<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 False Bird of Paradise (<em>Heliconia wagneriana<\/em>) (R\u00ed\u00ado Grande Municipo, Puerto Rico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 April 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia-bihi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13614\" title=\"False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia bihi)\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia-bihi.jpg\" alt=\"False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia bihi)\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia-bihi.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia-bihi-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Heliconia-bihi-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">False Bird of Paradise (<em>Heliconia bihi<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 False Bird of Paradise (<em>Heliconia bihi<\/em>) (R\u00ed\u00ado Grande Municipo, Puerto Rico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 April 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13615\" title=\"Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata) - Habit\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger.jpg\" alt=\"Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata) - Habit\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Red Ginger (<em>Alpinia purpurata<\/em>) &#8211; Habit<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Red Ginger (<em>Alpinia purpurata<\/em>) &#8211; Habit\u00c2\u00a0(R\u00ed\u00ado Grande Municipo, Puerto Rico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 April 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger-Closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13616\" title=\"Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata) - Detail\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger-Closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata) - Detail\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger-Closeup.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger-Closeup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Ginger-Closeup-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Red Ginger (<em>Alpinia purpurata<\/em>) &#8211; Detail<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Red Ginger (<em>Alpinia purpurata<\/em>) &#8211; Detail\u00c2\u00a0(R\u00ed\u00ado Grande Municipo, Puerto Rico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 April 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, I saw quite a number of flowering plants including False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia wagneriana and Heliconia bihi), and Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata). 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