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Giant White Bird of Paradise

Strelitzia nicolai

Description:

Very sappy white bird of paradise tree. Flowers are white, blue and pink with a white to black outside. New leaves are long and tubular then slowly unroll (last image).

Habitat:

Not native to this area but grows well

Notes:

Flowers are very sappy and "bleed" all over the plant.

1 Species ID Suggestions

sttweets
sttweets 12 years ago
Giant White Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia nicolai Strelitzia nicolai


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3 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you for the ID, I'll update it now.

SridharRao
SridharRao 12 years ago

This is a black bird of paradise flower.

SridharRao
SridharRao 12 years ago

Thi

Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Jun 29, 2011
Submitted on Jul 13, 2011

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