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Strelitzia nicolai - Giant-Bird-of-Paradise Flowers

By Delonix1

Strelitzia nicolai - Giant-Bird-of-Paradise Flowers (Strelitzia nicolai - Giant-Bird-of-Paradis)

30 Apr, 2011
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Emerging Giant-Bird-of-Paradise Flowers. Photo taken Apr. 27, 2011.

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Meanie

I'm going to check out the one in Oxford tomorrow.

30 Apr, 2011

Delonix1

Meanie:

If it's growing in a greenhouse it should bloom all year like the ones here in San Diego.

30 Apr, 2011

Meanie

It'll be tomorrow that I go now as I had a bit of a hangover!
It had a bit of a drastic "haircut" last year Delonix - there was no sign of a flower last time I was there.

1 May, 2011

Delonix1

Meanie:

That's funny! I always laugh at people who have hangovers...I guess it's because I don't drink! LOL!!! :>)
Feel better soon!

Usually, giving them a haircut doesn't preclude flowering...not unless they're cutting the trunks completely down to the ground.

2 May, 2011

Meanie

I rarely drink either, hence the hangover!
It was more of a crewcut than a haircut!!

2 May, 2011

Delonix1

Meanie:

So, that means they cut the trunks to the ground?

2 May, 2011

Meanie

A lot of the older, and very tall, growth was taken out. There is an incredible amount of new growth that has happened since though.

2 May, 2011

Delonix1

Meanie:

This could be the reason why there's no blooms. The trunks have to mature before they bloom. If the workers at Oxford are cutting the older, mature trunks...then the newer, young plants will never bloom.

2 May, 2011

Meanie

It looked rather unsafe before to be honest. It was the leaves that were removed, not the trunk though.

2 May, 2011

Delonix1

Well, if the trunks are mature enough, they should bloom soon. :>)

2 May, 2011

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