HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM SAN DIEGO, CA
By Delonix1
- 1 Nov, 2012
- 6 likes
My Bird-of-Paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is the perfect Halloween flower. Photo taken Oct. 31, 2012.
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Thanks! No pumpkins this year.
1 Nov, 2012
Any candy?
1 Nov, 2012
No candy, either. I'm on a diet. lol! :>)
2 Nov, 2012
Geee, no pumkin, no candies.... hopefully you didn't eat this beautiful strelitzia :)
3 Nov, 2012
No flower eating here. lol! :>)
3 Nov, 2012
lol
4 Nov, 2012
Lovely!
Mine is loving the heat of my woodburner in the living room and putting out another flower stem.
4 Nov, 2012
Meanie:
Thanks!
You know how funny that sounds to me? Crazy! lol! :>)
5 Nov, 2012
Ha ha Mine is doing the same as Meanie's but not by the woodburner.....its sitting next to the heater in the greenhouse......
5 Nov, 2012
Milky:
That's great! They like full sun and heat. My plant has about 3 dozen flowers on it right now (it in too much shade). The millions of large ones around town, in full sun have 60 or more flowers.
5 Nov, 2012
And I was feeling so chuffed!!!
5 Nov, 2012
So, so sorry! I didn't mean to rain on your parade.
6 Nov, 2012
No probs - I'll be done sulking in a couple of days!!!!
6 Nov, 2012
aawwww! LOL! :>)
At least your Bird-of-Paradise is blooming. I know it can be a challenge to get one to bloom in your climate.
8 Nov, 2012
Second flower spike emerged (or I noticed it) yesterday! Going to be good. I'll soon be up to 36!!!!!!!!
13 Nov, 2012
36 what, flowers?
13 Nov, 2012
Absolutely! I'm on a roll now and will soon have three dozen on mine too!
13 Nov, 2012
Well, since I posted this pics many more flowers have come up. lol! I'll have to get a photo of the whole plant soon.
The area of my plant where I removed several dozen leaves, the leaves all grew back this summer and there's many flower in the same spot. I need to cut them back out again. I took a pics of the many flower in the area back on Halloween.
You're plant sounds like it's on a roll.
13 Nov, 2012
Hope springs eternal! Odds are though that two or three spikes are the best that I can realistically hope for.
13 Nov, 2012
I figured! lol! :>)
Plants in pots tend to bloom less than the ones in the ground. It doesn't grow as big in a pot, either.
14 Nov, 2012
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See who else is growing Strelitzia reginae (Bird of paradise).
See who else has plants in genus Strelitzia.
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Gorgeous.....Where's your carved pumpkin?
1 Nov, 2012