Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise)
By Chrisy
West Sussex,
United Kingdom 
purchased this year as a small cutting, planted in good sized pot on the patio & now brought in to the conservatory.
Plant looks healthy, but each leaf goes brown at the tip after a short time.
Can't see any bugs; any ideas please?
14 Sep, 2008
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Browning leaftips usually indicates an atmosphere which is too dry. As I understand, Strelitzia likes to have good ventilation and not be too 'cooped-up' in a dry room. Don't overwater it, though, it likes it's roots to be watered well then left to dry out a bit in a well-drained medium, with good 'natural' warm-ish, moist-ish (but not wet), air movement around it. Hope this helps ...
14 Sep, 2008