Giant bird of paradise strelitzia nicolai a crown of banana like leaves atop a palm tree trunk combined with huge uniquely beautiful flowers is deserving of the name bird of paradise tree related to the bird of paradise flower strelitzia regina this close cousin is a much larger plant forming huge clumps of stems to 30 feet in.
Pflanze strelitzia nicolai.
Die strelitzia nicolai kommt im tropen look daher.
Da wären ihre bananenartigen blätter zu nennen ihre beachtliche wuchshöhe von bis zu 12 m und ihre außergewöhnlichen blüten die an die köpfe von paradiesvögeln erinnern.
The leaves are grey green up to 6 feet 1 8 m long and arranged like a fan at the top of the stems.
Unlike strelitzia alba the inflorescence of strelitzia nicolai is compound.
She was from the house of mecklenburg strelitz.
It is a trunk forming clustering tree to 6m high with banana like shiny green leathery leaves having an obtuse base arranged in two ranks.
There are five main species and varieties although only strelitzia reginae and strelitzia nicolai are treated as houseplants.
Strelitzia nicolai commonly known as the giant white bird of paradise or wild banana is a species of banana like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of 6 m 20 ft and the clumps formed can spread as far as 3 5 m 11 ft.
Af rusland 1796 1855 der var russisk zar og konge af polen den danske betegnelse er kommet af samme årsag som ved artssøsteren strelitzia reginae på denne plante er blomsterne dog hvide.
Strelitzia nicolai på dansk hvid paradisfugl er opkaldt efter nikolaj 1.
From the five species of strelitzia two are popular houseplants these are strelitzia reginae and strelitzia nicolai here are more descriptions of these unusually looking flowering plants.
If the pot is big enough it can grow to 2 m 6 6 ft tall with large tough banana like leaves 25 70cm 9 8 28in long.
White bird of paradise strelitzia alba this tropical flowering plant has large foliage and white flowers crane lily strelitzia reginae the most elegant of the strelitzia varieties hence the name.
There has been some confusion over which nicholas the specific epiphet honours but original description in garden flora states that the name nicolai is in honour of grand duke nikolai nikolaievich the elder third son of czar nicholas i of russia and not for the czar.
Reginae is very well known and arguably the most common species picture above.
Strelitzia nicolai giant white bird of paradise is an ornamental house plant.