Excerpts from Jim Conrad's
Naturalist Newsletter

Issued on January 2, 2020, from the forest just west of Tepakán; elev. ~9m (~30 ft), N21.053°, W89.052°; north-central Yucatán state, MÉXICO
DWARF JAMAICA HELICONIA?
Sometimes in this area you see potted, knee-high heliconias, like those shown below. Heliconia cf. stricta 'Dwarf Jamaica Heliconia'

Below is a closer look at the flowering heads:

Heliconia cf. stricta 'Dwarf Jamaica Heliconia', flowering heads

I've never seen such a low-growing heliconia in the wild, and maybe none exists. For, this looks like the Dwarf Jamaica Heliconia, a dwarf cultivar developed from a taller parent, profiled at the Toptropicals.com website. Despite the cultivar name, the parent species is native to northern South America. This cultivar blooms all year, can be planted in full sun to semi-shade, and can be propagated by clump division. If someone has a different name for it, let us know. These cultivars are tricky to name.