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Bird of Paradise

Strelitzia /str?'l?tsi?/[1] is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae.[2] The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on the reverse of the 50 cent coin. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles; two of the species, Strelitzia nicolai and Strelitzia reginae, are frequently grown as house plants.[3]

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The species S. nicolai is the largest in the genus, reaching 10 m tall, with stately white and blue flowers;[4] the other species typically reach 2 to 3.5 m tall, except S. caudata which is a tree of a typically smaller size than S. nicolai. The leaves are large, 30–200 cm long and 10–80...

Retired Airline Pilot, former and once again Pro Photographer. I retired in 2014, after a long aviation career [34 years], and I am renewing my love of the visual arts! My image of the - Port Kingston Marina - appears in the book - Wings Over Washington. My work appears on the following sites: https://www.virginia.org/brphiking/ https://longridgedentistry.com/meet-us/office-tour/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/reed-8/ reedphotographics54@gmail.com Copyright Notice: Greg Reed retains all rights to the photographs displayed on the Fine Art America & Pixels web site.