Flowering Strelitzia regaine (B.O.P)

[han]

Hi, I know it may seem odds to some people when a bird of paradise flowers in our tropical low land climate. But this plant I'm having have been with me for 10years, it does flower reliably and yearly but only once a year during the end of year.

It is very sensitive to location change and root disturbance due to repot or removing the pup. The 'reward' is no flower for that year.

Bract started to form


Whole plant


Week 1 began to show its color


Week 2 second half of the bract started to open


Week 3 Full opening

[plantlover]

Pretty plant

[marvin1997]

The pup is the yellow thing??The are all over my condo but I still don't know how they reproduce.

[han]

Marvin, if you meant the yellow thing at the flower, it is not pup. It is just flower bract. The fastest way to reproduce would be through rhizome division like heliconia, but it is not easy to separate out the clump. Other way would be using seeds, however it is slow.

Originally Posted by marvin1997

The pup is the yellow thing??The are all over my condo but I still don't know how they reproduce.