Strelitzia reginea 'Mandella's Gold' Flower, Finally!

cagary · 07-03-2008, 07:16 PM

After years of waiting, my 'Mandella's Gold' Bird of Paradise has flowered. I grew it from seed. There is already another flower stalk coming up. For those who might not know, the difference is its yellow flower instead of the more common orange.

buzzwinder · 07-03-2008, 07:29 PM

Beautiful flower, Congrats, from seed? How long did it take. Sorry, I know nothing about these plants other than they are beautiful blooms, this is my first year with tropicals, The learning curve is enormous

mskitty38583 · 07-04-2008, 12:20 AM

lovely flower!

dablo93 · 07-04-2008, 02:12 AM

@bill, cagary said thatit taked 2 years.

its really a beuaitiful flower, congratulations with it!

CookieCows · 07-04-2008, 07:33 AM

Oooh that is so beautiful!

Congrats,
Deb

cagary · 07-04-2008, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dablo93

@bill, cagary said thatit taked 2 years.

its really a beautiful flower, congratulations with it!

Actually it took over 6 years from seed to flower. What really helped was finally moving some of the plants from pots to my garden. Once they were in the ground, they started growing quickly and produced a flower.

Chironex · 07-04-2008, 11:08 AM

I have seeds for several BOP's, but don't have the Mandella's Gold. It is surely a beautiful flower and one which I will add to my wish list. I wonder how soon it might have flowered if placed in the garden after its first year? Great job!

mskitty38583 · 07-04-2008, 12:33 PM

i had some seed for them, but i planted them wrong. but now i know what i did do wrong and will be getting some more this fall. it is a lovely flower.

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