Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Talking about BOP: Strelitzia juncea, 1 by Eclipse

Eclipse wrote:
All species of Strelitzia come from South Africa. Juncea is from the Natal near Port Elizabeth. Takes at LEAST 8 years from seed..this species grows slower than other types.When small the seedlings look like the regular BOP they don't get the reed like leaves till several years down the road. This one was at the San Diego zoo years back..notice the old flowers in upper right section of the plant.leaves were 6 feet tall