giant bird of paradise

Orlando, FL

is there anyone that can tell me how to either find the seeds or take babies from the parent gieant bird of paradise i have had no luck. they flower all the time but do not know what to look for in seeds etc.

Liberty, United States

Did you find out were the seeds are?

Pretoria, South Africa

Hi blondhavmofun,

After the flowers have died down, these huge heads are left - it looks like the buds of the plant. If you leave them for quite some time, they will open, resembling dried flowers of some sort, and inside you will see the most beautiful black seeds with orange "fluff".

Here is some photos... http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/strelitznichol.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgerus/4745843554/

Elsa

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