Strelitzia Reginae

The Strelitzia Reginae, known as the bird of paradise flower, is a beautiful and expansive green South African plant. Unlike her relative the Strelitzia Nicolai, the Reginae produces flowers, and it gets its nickname from these blooms, which resemble small tropical birds, hovering as if feeding from the plant’s stems. In the summer you can put her outside in the warm sun to give your terrace a gorgeous tropical oasis vibe. As this plant grows older she will start splitting her leaves, this is perfectly normal! The splits are an evolutionary adaptation of the plant that allow wind to pass through the leaves.