Beginner Gardening: Red bird of paradise, 0 by mindlessntx

mindlessntx wrote:
I visited Cozumel last year and fell in love with the Pride of Barbados, came home and wanted to purchase one immediately. I recently returned to Cozumel and fell in love with what I'm told is the Red Bird of Paradise, and yet when I compare the pictures I took in Cozumel with what I'm seeing on the internet it two different blooms...the red bird of paradise looks like the pride of barbados, red and yellow blooms, the full mature trees I saw on this trip blooms are a deep orange?? Does this sound like a family member the rest of the tree's foliage looked just like the pride of barbados?? Also how do you train the shrub to grow into the mature trees I saw in Cozumel?