Accession Data:
Strelitzia reginae Banks
- Common Name: Bird of Paradise, Crane Lily
- Family: Strelitziaceae (Schumann) Hutch.
- Country of Origin: Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
- Description: To 3 feet, trunkless, clump-forming; leaves oblong-lanceolate, to 1.5 feet long, six inches wide, acute, glaucescent beneath, the blade sometimes reduced; bracts green, edged with purple or red, to 8 inches long; flowers orange or yellow with dark blue tongue. The hard, beak-like sheath from which the flower emerges is termed the spathe. This is placed perpendicular to the stem, which gives it the appearance of a bird's head and beak; it makes a durable perch for holding the sunbirds which pollinate the flowers. The flowers, which emerge one at a time from the spathe, consist of three brilliant orange sepals and three purplish-blue petals. Two of the blue petals are joined together to form an arrow-like nectary. When the sunbirds sit to drink the nectar, the petals open to cover their feet in pollen.2
- Uses: Commonly used as a cut flower in the florist trade.
- Culture: Can be grown as a houseplant in a tub with a minimum night temperature of 50F. Propagated by suckers, division and seeds.
- USDA Zone: 9b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500292
- Source: Unknown
- Recorded Vouchers:
- Voucher CONN00057512 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 20 January 1969. Herbarium Image
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-14-2019
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
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- Family: Strelitziaceae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Bird Pollination (ornithophily)
- Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal /
References (external):
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- Wikipedia. Accessed 2 April 2015.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 2 April 2105.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 2 April 2015.
data regenerated on Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:12:32 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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