Bird Of Paradise

A question about : Bird Of Paradise

This section of the site, because of the time of year , is a bit quite.
So will just ask a question that I have been struggling with for about four years. Has anyone successfully grown , i'e a flowering Bird Of Paradise plant. The plant looks fairly (older leaves are a bit tatty) good, had three new leaves this year.
Transplanted to a MUCH bigger pot. . lots of large roots.

What is my chances of a flower?

Best answers:

• It flowers in my son's garden in New Zealand! They have a temperate climate so maybe it just needs a bit of pampering in winter and a good summer! (They pull the old leaves out as the new ones appear, like we would do here with Montbretia etc) Good Luck
• Not grown them myself but, like a lot of flowering plants, moving from a small pot to a MUCH bigger pot may hinder flower production. Always a good idea to go up one pot in size.
• I have grown Bird of Paradise from seed 10 years ago. Like you have had several leaves etc over the year, this year for the first time there was a flower! Keep persevering.
• Patience, I'm afraid. I managed to grow one from seed, and kept it for two or three years. Kept it in the conservatory over the winter then outdoors in summer. Lost it in one of those bad winters a couple of years ago, when the frost penetrated into the conservatory (it's unheated) whereas other tenders such as lemon, gerbera, etc, survived. I always knew that it would take several years to reach flowering size. I don't think they do die after flowering, but can't prove that. There's some good info here, which unfortunately suggests it can take as long as ten years to flower https://www.kew.org/science-conservat...aradise-flower