Bird of paradise

Two flower spikes!
One more than I have........

Three, Meanie!
Two more than you have, hehe.......
(Hard to see.. the shortest one coming up from the very middle of the plant)

Show off!!!!!!

Sorry Meanie, I just couldn't help myself!!!!!!

WOW, it's twice the size of mine and three more flower spikes than mine!
Looks really nice.

Thanks Alex! Hope yours will have flowers soon!

The plant is a bit of a tiddler compared to mine!!!
But three spikes plays my one.............

Tommymoo; Meanie:

I have dozens of flower spikes on mine, in the front yard lol! :>)

Delonix - really big show off!!!!!

It's happening again - I made the comment above, not Iciar!

That's really strange! I hope this doesn't happen to me.

I'm not showing off! lol! If Bird-of-Paradise plants weren't growing here by the millions (literally) then it would be showing off. :>)

Your all show offs i don't have one ....:o(((((
Mind you just seen ad for 7 seeds how difficult are they to grow does any 1 know ?

Very easy Mushy - just that mine has taken seven years from seed to first sign of a flower, which is about right.

Palmate,

From what I've read, yes, 4 - 7 years, to bloom, from seed...that's way too long. I would recommend buying a large full-grown plant (if available). You could come here and buy one...large ones are available at every nursery and box store...and they're very cheap! :>)

Not over here - I've seen them for sale in bloom at up to £50!!!
You can pick up small plants for £6 to £10, but they look about a year old at best........

Meanie is right!!

I bought mine, it was a small thing back then two years ago, at 5 pounds. I saw a plant in bloom, about the same size as mine with 1 flower, at 54 euros in France.

Oh my! That's very expensive!!! Most people here just get off-shoots from neighbors plants for free. Typically, off-shoots will bloom within a year (of planting in the ground).

Lucky you Delonix!

Ignore him Tommymoo - he's showing off again!!!!

Actually, ignore me - truth be told I'm just jealous of the climate that Delonix has over there!

Delonix - does a large Strelitzia produce off-shoots easily?

LOL Meanie xxxxxxxxxxx

In fact, I won't/can't ignore both of you guys; how could I :-) I'd love to see your "non-tiddler" by the way! Show us your big fish, Meanie!!

I'll do some photos..........

Delonix will have a bigger one though!

Thank you Meanie.......
I look forward to seeing them very soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meanie:

That's funny!!!

Well, if you lived here and I knew you...I would have given you my large Strelitzia reginae in the backyard, which I dug out 6 years ago. I was going to throw it in the trash, but my friend wanted it, so she has it planted in her back yard and it's blooming like crazy now. (I know show off!! lol).

Yes, large plants produce so many off-shots, its unbelievable! I took several off my plant in the front yard a couple months ago (I cut around 50 plus leaves off, also). It's barely even noticeable, though.

Tomorrow is our Thanksgiving Day Holiday, I'll take some Strelitzia reginae photos.

You'll have to wait for the photos - I may have new flowers stems coming!

50 leaves off! It must be a monster!!!

It's the plant in my front yard. It doesn't look very large, however, it has hundreds of leaves on it, which is typical.

Hundreds of leaves! There he goes bragging again!!!

He can't help himself Tommymoo!!!!

Tommymoo; Meanie:

I can't help what we consider common plants and weeds (here in San Diego), you consider exotic plants! LOL! :>)