Sorry to say that most strelitzia will not bloom indoors, but we are really here for the foliage! When provided with the proper care, the Bird of Paradise can be a fast-growing houseplant that may soon outgrow its setting. The gorgeous flowers resemble a bird, the origin of this houseplant’s unique name. This ultimate statement indoor plant - Bird of Paradise - takes plant styling to a new level! Massive leaves form over time with the proper care, creating a tropical focal point, but the flowers are perhaps the most stunning feature of this well-known plant. They are generally desert dwellers.Common Name: Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower, Banana Treeīotanical Name: Strelitzia Nicolai ‘White Bird’ These plants, indigenous to warm, humid areas of South Africa, can be grown as outdoor perennials in USDA cold hardiness zones 9–11 or as houseplants elsewhere.Īn entirely different genus, Caesalpinia, includes a number of broad-leaved evergreen trees and shrubs that also carry the common name 'bird of paradise.' The shape of these plants and the appearance of their flowers is starkly different than Strelitzia species. If you know the bird of paradise mainly as a florist's flower, you're probably thinking of the Strelitzia genus. One type of bird of paradise plant is a low-growing jungle plant with unique exotic flowers, a relative of the banana plant, while the other type is a member of the pea family, a thorny shrub or tree that loves desert environments. Species from two entirely different plant genera share this common name, and that's almost the only thing similar about them. Very different species of plants can sometimes share the same common name, and nowhere is this more true than with the flowering plants known as bird of paradise.

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