I have wanted that plant for I don't know how many years. I hade a trade for it (supposedly) about 3 years ago and it turned out to be just regular Orange Bird. I was ***peeved***. Beautiful photos of beautiful plants, Gonz.

bihai,

I've ordered Strelitzia parvifolia 'juncea' (the plant in the photo) seeds from this German website.

Most germinated very quickly.

The site is in German , but its not too hard to figure out how to use it. (I don't read German).

They also offer some very rare Strelitzia like S. alba, S. caudata and a dwarf cultivar.

Here is a link that might be useful: Strelitzia German Website

Gonz
Are the leaves always rounded like that even when small??
Do you know any tricks to tell them apart??
gary

Gary, yes the leaves are always rounded, even when small. There is a small vestige of a leaf at the tips. Small and paddle-shaped. Not sure what you mean by "telling them apart".

Cagary, how do you navigate that site, I don't want to end up with a mail-order bride?

After quickly running outside and defrosting the walkways, here is a pic of mine. On a handfull of the smallest leaves they open at the tip in the shape of a spade, otherwise all of the leaves are round to the tip.

My tallest leaves are about six feet long. I have a friend in Vista who has a mature one in the ground and most of the leaves on it are over eight feet tall.

-Ron-

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WOW Ron nice gateway you have there. Very nicely done up I must say!

Yowzers Ron! I take it your 'lil guy does not benefit from full sun? Excellent use of tomato cages.

Beautiful planty thing, Dr. GonZ! I agree, VERY nice gate and clever use of the tomato cage as a support for your lovely plant, Ron.

My common BOP died after it was repeatedly "watered" by the German Shepherd. ~~SIGH~~ Add it to his rap sheet.

Hmmmmmmmm. Zone envy rising right now. Anyone got free airplane tickets to Kalifonia? :-)

bad C3D

Beautiful pics!! Wish I could grow them here. :(

Leona

gonzer,

I just kinda "played" with the site until I figured out how it worked. Put the number of seed packets you want into your basket. For Strelitzia 'juncea' the number of seeds in a packet is 5 (see where it says "5 K"). If you want 20 seeds, put a "4" in the blank window. The packets are 3,80 Euro each. Then press the oval green basket and you'll go to a page with your order on it. Now hit the back button on your computer and you'll end up back on the seed list where you can order other kinds of seed.

When you are finally done hit "bestellen". This will bring you to another page. First in the Kundennummber box, write "Seeds" then fill out the rest of the form. At the bottom of the page hit "Paypal" and you'l be sent to a page that is actually in English! It lists your order and then you pay. The Euro amount you owe will be changed to US Dollars on this page.

Good luck!

Amazing, I never knew such a BOP existed.

I am going to let you into a secret LOL that was shared with me by a very nice friend....
Gardinos NUrsery in FL has 3 gal pots of this lovely for $40. They DO ship. The postage from their nursery in So FL to here in Gainesville only a few hours away is about $16.50 partially bareroot, so I know it would be a lot more to "elsewhere" but if you are desperate....

GonZer,

German mail order brides can be wondervoll! :-)

Have you tried the translate site? It'll do a word or a whole page. Very necessary for some in the UU13, dontchaknow?

C with 3Ds

Here is a link that might be useful: Translate Aid