| Description | The Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is a tropical plant with an exotic looking flower. Hardy to only the warmest areas of the world. |
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| Plant Type | Indoor Flowering Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-12 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunning, some shade |
| Moisture | medium to moist, cut back watering when bringing indoors for the winter |
| Soil & Site | rich, loamy |
| Temperature | frost sensitive, 50-55 degrees F |
| Flowers | flower emerges from a beak shaped spathe, gives flower the shape of a birds head, 3 orange sepals, 3 blue petals, nectary formed by two of the petals, difficult to get to bloom if grown strictly as an indoor plant |
| Leaves | grey green banana-like |
| Dimensions | 3-4 plus feet |
| Maintenance | prune out dead leaves |
| Propagation | very slow from seeds, divsion |
| Native Site | South Africa |
| Misc Facts | Genus name honors Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), who in 1761 became Queen to George III. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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