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It is a striking ornamental plant native to South America, mainly Argentina and Uruguay. [1] It is naturalized in Texas, and fairly common in the rest of the southwestern United States, [1] where it is known as bird of paradise bush, desert bird of paradise, yellow bird of paradise, and barba de chivo.
Common names for this species include poinciana, peacock flower, red bird of paradise, Mexican bird of paradise, dwarf poinciana, pride of Barbados, flos pavonis, and flamboyant-de-jardin. [ citation needed ] The Hawaiian name for this plant is ʻohai aliʻi .
Common names include Mexican holdback, [3] Mexican caesalpinia, and tabachín del monte. [4] It is native to the extreme lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas [ 5 ] and to parts of Mexico : in the northeast and further south along the Gulf coast as well as the Pacific coast in Nayarit , Jalisco , Colima , and a small portion of Sinaloa .
A complete guide to the bird-of-paradise plant, from growing indoors and outdoors to encouraging blooms.
Bird-of-paradise plants can produce blooms outside of their native habitat, but it will take some time. This perennial tends to start blooming when it is at least four to five years old during the ...
The best-known species is the bird-of-paradise flower Strelitzia reginae, grown for its flowers worldwide in tropical and subtropical gardens, and a well-known flower in floristry. The other species of Strelitzia have less colourful flowers and are grown instead for their striking foliage.
Strelitzia nicolai, commonly known as the wild banana or giant white bird of paradise, is a species of banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of 7–8 m (23–26 ft), and the clumps formed can spread as far as 3.5 m (11 ft).
Heliconia, or false bird-of-paradise, a genus of flowering plants Huma bird , a mythological creature commonly depicted in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu poetry " May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose ", a 1965 song by Jimmy Dickens