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Mangosteen
12-22-2009, 11:04 PM
Most Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginea) have orange flowers, but I've got one that produces yellow flowers. Its called Bird of Paradise 'Mandella's Gold'.

Regular Orange Bird photo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/GarySiegel/orangebird-of-paradise.jpg

Yellow Bird

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/GarySiegel/mandellsagold42908001.jpg
aruvqan
12-23-2009, 04:43 AM
that is a very pretty flower, I like it in yellow. pity i have a black thumb.
carnivorousplant
12-23-2009, 09:20 AM
I've had one for years and it hasn't bloomed. What did you do?

I hate you. :)
otternell
12-23-2009, 10:24 AM
that's beautiful - I am so jealous!
Ellen Cherry
12-23-2009, 10:46 AM
Gorgeous! They look so much like exotic birds, it's amazing.

PS. I see your green thumb! :)
hellpaso
12-23-2009, 10:54 AM
How cool! I've never seen a yellow one--my orange ones are blooming right now. Carnivorous Plant--I believe they have to be at least 5 years old or so to bloom. When I had mine planted I made sure they used older plants, and they bloomed about 8 months later. I don't know about them as houseplants, just outside.
Mangosteen--where did you find the yellow variety?
Translucent Daydream
12-23-2009, 11:13 AM
Mangosteen, where do you live? I think they are pretty and I would plant some, but I live in 75424 and I don't know if they would be hardy that far north. (North Central Texas)
carnivorousplant
12-23-2009, 12:31 PM
Carnivorous Plant--I believe they have to be at least 5 years old or so to bloom. When I had mine planted I made sure they used older plants, and they bloomed about 8 months later.

I hate you both...


:)
Monstera deliciosa
12-23-2009, 12:38 PM
First the banana, now this. I so am envious that you live in a climate where you can grow these outdoors. I have a S. reginae I grew from seed, but here in Chicagoland, it has to be a houseplant from mid-September to June, (though sometimes it is warm enough to sneak it out in May) so I don't expect it to bloom.
Mangosteen
12-23-2009, 06:10 PM
How cool! I've never seen a yellow one--my orange ones are blooming right now. Carnivorous Plant--I believe they have to be at least 5 years old or so to bloom. When I had mine planted I made sure they used older plants, and they bloomed about 8 months later. I don't know about them as houseplants, just outside.
Mangosteen--where did you find the yellow variety?

I grow them from seed. I have some others in pots.
Mangosteen
12-23-2009, 06:14 PM
I've had one for years and it hasn't bloomed. What did you do?

I hate you. :)

Planting them in the ground really made a difference. Mine sat in a pot for a few years and didn't do much, but then I planted it and it grew fast and produced a flower.
romansperson
12-24-2009, 11:41 AM
Neat plants! The bananas in the other thread are especially cool. My only claim to plant fame is that I have a poinsettia from last year that has bloomed all year long. I have no idea why - it's spent the entire year sitting next to the window in my kitchen. I just water it and let it do its thing.

I'd love to be able to raise tropical plants, but I have no place to put them.