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A complete guide to the bird-of-paradise plant, from growing indoors and outdoors to encouraging blooms. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the crane flower, bird of paradise, or isigude in Nguni, [3] is a species of flowering plant native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. An evergreen perennial, it is widely cultivated for its dramatic flowers. In temperate areas it is a popular houseplant.
Strelitzia / s t r ɛ ˈ l ɪ t s i ə / [3] is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. [4] A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower/plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa, it is commonly known as a crane flower.
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 .
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 rostrata, the hanging lobster claw or false bird of paradise, is a herbaceous perennial plant native to El Salvador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico. [2]
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Strelitzia alba also known as white-flowered wild banana, or Cape wild banana is a plant of the Bird of Paradise family and is endemic to the Garden Route along the southernmost coastal regions of the district of Humansdorp Eastern and district of Knysna in Western Cape in South Africa. It grows in evergreen forest, gorges, and on slopes along ...