Strelitzia reginae

Lovely

Well-photographed David !

I love these. If I still had a greenhouse, I'd grow and fill it with them! This one reminds me, in a way, of Sonic Hedgehog, Tt! :-))

Lol.. :o)

Oh wow....thats gorgeous...

Stunning

Thanks, Milky and 6d!

Folks like Delonix1 pass them every day, outdoors, growing wildly, but I just love them, despite them having to be grown indoors, and with heat! Tried growing sme from seed, once, but failed, miserably! :-))

What a shame you failed.

LOL.. I bought one of these as a baby plant it had a flower , I cared for it watered it etc. for ages before I realised the flower was a fake it was so realistic :o))

These always remind me of holidays in the Canary Isles ... hotel reception always had them on show. Beautiful flower.

Shouldn't have laughed at your tale of woe, Amy, bit I did, sorry! : o )

Shirley, the seeds I failed with were bought in Tenerife, lol! I could always try, again, 6d?

Your lovely tale made me smile, too, Amy :-))

I'm pleased it made you smile Shirley /David it didn't seem funny at the time I thought I had paid for a plant in flower it was when I turned it upside down to see if it needed repotting that it fell out attached to a stick , I promise you it really did look real .. :o(

It's ok, Amy, we believe you! I'm sure you weren't the first, or the last, to have been fooled. : o )

What a con!

I agree about filling a greenhouse with them, David...strelitzia and canna!! great combo!

Excellent pic, David. It has the profile of a gaudy pelican.
Here we can keep them outdoors, but they grow to an enormous size and have to prune them every year.

I like the "gaudy pelican" description, Arcadio. :-)) Prune them? As I said, just wish I could propagate them, even under glass. :-))

Oh, Lori, yes! Can't think of a better combo!! :-))