Strelitzia nicolai - Bird of Paradise Flower

Scientific name: Strelitzia nicolai Regel & K. Koch

Common name: Giant White Bird of Paradise Flower, Wild Banana, Blue-and-white Strelitzia

Family: Strelitziaceae
Native to : South Africa

Category: Evergreen perrenial plant
Photo Taken at: Floria 2010

Strelitzia reginae dwarf

Scientific name : Strelitzia reginae dwarf 

Family: Strelitzia 

Origin: South Africa 

Category: Evergreen perennial

Photo taken at : Floria 2010

This is my entry for Today's Flowers # 131, a meme which opens every Sunday, 2pm GMT. My grateful thanks to Today's Flowers team members; Luiz Santili Jr, Denise in Virginia, Laerte Pupo and Sandy Carlson. To participate and view other gorgeous flowers around the world, click here

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.