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Bird of Paradise

Strelitzia reginae

Description:

Tropical plant with long inflorescence with yellow, purple, red and green. When the flowers die, seed pods open up in three lobes exposing the seeds (last image).

Habitat:

Not native to this area but grows well

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2 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you Alice! Ours are now spent and only bloomed for a month as we have quite a few plants. Love them :)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Nice Series! I was wondering the other day why we were not seeing much of it on Noah. But our blooms in Florida may have been earlier.

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jul 20, 2011
Submitted on Jul 20, 2011

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