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(First upload on February 26 2021. Last on March 8 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Strelitzia reginae Banks ex Aiton






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Strelitzia Aiton (ゴクラクチョウカ)
Gokurakuchouka (ゴクラクチョウカ, 極楽鳥花), bird of paradise, crane flower, orange strelitzia
Life form: evergreen, perennial herb ranging becoming ≈ 1 m tall
Origin: easten Cape - Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
Use: gardening (in particular, in tropical regions), ornamental
Synonyms:

Heliconia bihai J. F. Mill., illeg.

Varieties: discarded mostly
Cultivars: Humilis, Kirstenbosch gold, Mandela's gold, etc.
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Strelitzia reginae in a greenhouse


ST1 ST2 ST3
ST4 ST5
[1/2] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on January 24 2021. [3-5] var. taki Hort in Tomakomai Sun Garden glasshouse on January 10 2022.

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