Tropical flower

Yesterday, 3 November 2014, I spent a few hours at the Calgary Zoo with my youngest daughter. Snow is in the forecast again, so we thought we’d better fit in a visit while the sun was shining. I still had to clear the snow off my vehicle before I left home. The snow had been melting and now formed a thick, solid layer that had to be chipped away, banged, pushed, shoved, levered, until it finally broke up into fairly large slabs that simply slid off my car. Oh, the joys of winter. This has irritated the inflammation of the rotator cuffs in both my shoulders yet again, just as I feared it would.

I’m not sure what this plant is, but it is quite attractive. Noticed it growing in the ENMAX Conservatory along with other tropical plants.