Bird of Paradise

Mobile or not, it's an inspiring photo to me!

Me too!!!

Yours is in bud too isn't it?

No, mine is not in bud. I'm learning to be patient though (what else can I do).

Oh, I thought that it was........

So I have gloating rights then?!!

Yes, you have gloating rights. Be nice.......

I promise not to gloat................................
...............................not until it opens anyway!!!!

Alexandramou:

What's the plant on the lower left?

Gosh, I don't know. Didn't really pay any attention to that....I don't think it's anything exotic like you would find in your garden.
I've been doing a lot of "garden watching". Nothing spectacular.

It has really nice leaves. As you can tell I'm more interested in that plant than the Bird-of-Paradise because Strelitzia reginae is so very common here. :)

LOL....yes, we are interested in what we don't have. ;o)

Pretty much. lol! :>)

Strelitzia reginae plants are pretty amazing, though. I really feel lucky...because it's such a beautiful common plant. I really was amazed at the tremendous amount of plants growing here. They're all blooming under the Jacaranda trees in the medians. The San Diego Airport has thousands of them for a couple miles lining the median (I'll have to get a photo one day).