The palm is monoecious and blooms every year. 1.5 meters long inflorescences grow in between palm leaves and each supports small yellow or red flowers.
In general, Heliconias are evergreen in the Tropics and warm Subtropics, like zone 10. Further north, upper zone 9 and lower zone 8, they may be frozen back to the ground each Winter but survive to resprout the next Spring.