Bird Of Paradise
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Bird Of Paradise
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A lovely day to view Paradise. Texture added for fun and interest.Strelitzia /strɛˈlɪtsiə/ is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family StrelitziaceaeThe 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 the bird 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 Official Flower of the City of Los Angeles and two of the species, Strelitzia nicolai and Strelitzia reginae are frequently grown as house plants.A Strelitzia plant in Alicante, Spain
The species S. nicolai is the largest in the genus, reaching 10 m tall, with stately white and blue flowers; 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 cm broad, similar to a banana leaf in appearance but with a longer petiole, and arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage. The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe. They are pollinated by sunbirds, which use the spathe as a perch when visiting the flowers. The weight of the bird when standing on the spathe opens it to release the pollen onto the bird's feet, which is then deposited on the next flower it visits
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June 1st, 2013
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Comments (8)
Kathy Bassett
Thank you Dora! for making Bird Of Paradise a feature in your Visions Of Spring group!
Kathy Bassett
Thanks again, Randy and for the feature of Bird Of Paradise in your Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group!
Kathy Bassett
You sure bring tears to my eyes, Randy! Thank you for such a bold acknowledgement!!! :)
Randy Rosenberger
As administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, it is with pride and honor that I choose to feature this beautiful piece of your artwork on our homepage! Works of this stature and beauty are very deserving of special recognition, which you are receiving within our family of friends and fine artists in the WFS group. Congratulations on your feature on our homepage. You are very deserving of this honor. Liked Forever, Elvis Randy B. Rosenberger