# My yellow Bird of Paradise bloomed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293 "2009-12-23T05:04:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/1 "2009-12-23T05:04:44Z")
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 [![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/GarySiegel/orangebird-of-paradise.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/GarySiegel/orangebird-of-paradise.jpg) Yellow Bird [![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/GarySiegel/mandellsagold42908001.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/GarySiegel/mandellsagold42908001.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/2 "2009-12-23T10:43:17Z")
that is a very pretty flower, I like it in yellow. pity i have a black thumb. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/3 "2009-12-23T15:20:39Z")
I’ve had one for years and it hasn’t bloomed. What did you do? I hate you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/4 "2009-12-23T16:24:46Z")
that’s beautiful - I am so jealous! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/5 "2009-12-23T16:46:19Z")
Gorgeous! They look so much like exotic birds, it’s amazing. PS. I see your green thumb! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/6 "2009-12-23T16:54:17Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/7 "2009-12-23T17:13:36Z")
**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) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/8 "2009-12-23T18:31:08Z")
> [@hellpaso](#): > > 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… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/9 "2009-12-23T18:38:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/10 "2009-12-24T00:10:15Z")
> [@hellpaso](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/11 "2009-12-24T00:14:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-yellow-bird-of-paradise-bloomed/522293/12 "2009-12-24T17:41:57Z")
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.