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Hello, can anyone tell me the name of this houseplant. It is a greenleafed plant at the end of the leaves they have little parrot becks in red and yellow and it can grow quite tall?
Thank you.

hi there,
it sounds like a bird of paradise to me, but it's hard for me to say without a picture. can you post one?

better yet, is this it?

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/birdofparadise.htm

Hello Amy R.
No I am sorry this is not the one, but it is similar. This has a Parrot shaped beak at the end which is Red&Yellow. I do have a picture but i'm not sure how to post it on the net. Or are we not allowed to do that?

Hello again Amy R.
I have found the name of this plant its called Parrot Impatiens.
http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/102.htm

We were just looking at that one picture a couple of days ago!!! Njoynit in Texas found it,
she thought it was very different...

Do you have one of these beautiful plants????

Would love all about it if you do or know someone that does???

Weezie

That's an amazing looking plant, I'd love to get my hands on one.

Hello Weezie13
My mother has this plant, and she wanted to know the name of it. She got it from a cutting.
Now it is nearly higher than me. This year it had hundreds of parrot beaks on it. It is very unsual isn't it? and it is very easy to look after, although it does not like to be too warm.