Two Strelitzia nicolai inflorescences with dark grey-blue bracts, cream sepals and a bluish tongue

Strelitzia nicolai (Giant White Bird of Paradise)


Native to Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe, this is an herbaceous plant in the Strelitziaceae family. It grows in evergreen coastal forests and thickets. Photographed in Cali, Colombia.

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The white and blue flowers of Strelitzia nicolai growing among tall green stems, with sharp floral bracts contrasting against broad leaves
Two Strelitzia nicolai inflorescences with dark grey-purple bracts, white sepals and a bluish tongue
A close-up of the white and blue flowers of Strelitzia nicolai, emerging dramatically from a large green bract among thick upright stems and banana-like foliage

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