White strelitzia alba and giant strelitzia nicholai bird of paradise bloom white. Red bird of paradise caesalpinia pulcherrima mexican bird of paradise caesalpinia mexicana yellow bird of paradise caesalpinia gilliesii.
The common name has a more obvious meaning the bird of paradise flower looks exactly like a bird in flight.
Bird of paradise flower varieties. With large coarse textured leaves and long lasting blooms bird of paradise plants find themselves at home in any tropical garden. One of the most spectacular and impactful flowering plants for tropical to semi tropical zones is strelitzia bird of paradise. Strelitzia are widespread in florida southern california and other tropical.
Caudata which is a tree of a typically smaller size than s. It blooms most heavily from winter to spring bearing blossoms of red yellow orange and purple. What are the different types of bird of paradise plants strelitzia and caesalpinia bird of paradise plants.
Strelitzia is the common form of the plant in hawaii california and. This cool plant fits in almost any interior and likes a bit of sun. The other species typically reach 2 to 3 5 m tall except s.
The height is approx. The orange bird of paradise strelitzia reginae is orange blooming with clumping leaves that shoot 3 to 5 feet from the crown. Strelitzia bird of paradise varieties.
The world renown bird of paradise or crane flower grows in time to 5 to 6 feet tall and wide forming an arching clump of waxy gray blue to gray green leaves and stems. Good companion plants for bird of paradise include low growing drought tolerant plants such as mondo grass carissa asiatic jasmine bromeliads and juniper. The white forms a tree 18 feet tall and the giant 30 feet tall.
Growing bird of paradise indoors bird of paradise gives any room a tropical punch. They last for quite a long time and make fantastic cut flowers. The complex blooms not only look like tropical birds but also rely on birds for pollination.
However northern gardeners don t despair. The plant can be grown in a container. Married to king george iii at the time when the flower was initially imported to england the queen asked that the flower be named after her.
The leaves are large 30 200 cm long and 10 80 cm broad similar to a banana leaf in appearance but with a longer petiole and arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan like crown of evergreen foliage. Also known as a bird of paradise plant is a real eye catcher. Nicolai is the largest in the genus reaching 10 m tall with stately white and blue flowers.
Nothing says tropical quite like the bird of paradise. The growing conditions for bird of paradise particularly the temperature range are very specific. However the scientific name is derived from queen charlotte of mecklenburg strelitz.
