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Bird of Paradise

Strelitzia reginae

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33.1468, -117.009

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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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Strelitzia reginae

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Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thank you Alice! Ours are now spent and only bloomed for a month as we have quite a few plants. Love them :)
alicelongmartin
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.

Spotted for Missions

Blue & Purple Holland (482km radius)
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Flowers of North America
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Southern California Wildlife
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Seeds and Seed Pods

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PublishedJuly 20, 2011

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