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Bird of Paradise Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

A large-leaved plant grown in pots for its orange crane-shaped flowers; needs strong light and a snug root space.

Bird of Paradise

Strelitzia reginae

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Active growthFloweringRest period

Guides

Pests and diseases (5)

Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.

Bacterial Wilt

Disease

Leaves wilt while still green during the day and recover in the morning and evening; after a few days of this the plant dies. Cut the stem and stand it in water and a milky white bacterial ooze streams out in threads.

Late Blight

Disease

Dark green water-soaked lesions appear on the leaves and expand quickly into brown dead tissue. White mold forms on the underside and at the lesion edge, and dark brown lesions spread to stems and fruit.

Bacterial Leaf StreakPlant-parasitic NematodesLeaf Blight

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