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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Strelitzia reginae




Scientific name: Strelitzia reginae, Crane Flower

Common name: Bird of Paradise Flower, Crane Flower
Chinese names : 天堂鸟 (tian tang niao - Bird of Paradise flower)
鹤望兰 (he wang lan - crane looking at orchid ?)
Malay name: Cendrawasih 

 Family: Strelitziaceae
Order: Zingiberale

Native to : South Africa 

Category: Evergreen perennial plant


How to grow: Full sun and lots of watering, rich well-drained moist soil

This is my entry for Macro Flowers Saturday hosted by MaiaT, the link is here.


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1 comment:

  1. Oh, these are so amazing flowers with the most beautiful name a flower can have.
    Nice shot!

    ReplyDelete

Yay! You like flowers too.

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