| Scientific Name: | Strelitzia reginae |
| Common Name: | bird of paradise |
| Family Name: | Strelitziaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - southern |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Oblong, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Orange, Blue, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves 25–70cm long x 10–30cm wide, petioles up to 1m long; flowers at the tips of long stalks, the spathe is perpendicular to the stem to appear like a bird's head and beak, flowers emerge one at a time from the spathe, three orange sepals and three purplish-blue or white petals (two are joined together to form an arrow-like nectary). | |