bird-of-paradise flower

...It is similar to the previous species, but the flowers are larger, the bracts are reddish-brown, and the corolla is blue. S. reginae Banks (English name: bird-of-paradise flower) (illustration) is native to Cape Town. It grows to a height of 1-2m, with many petioles rising from the base of the plant, and at the end of each petiole are 40cm long, elliptical leaves. ...

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…前種に似るが，花はさらに大きく仏焰苞は帯赤栗褐色，花冠は青い。ゴクラクチョウカS.reginae Banks(英名bird‐of‐paradise flower)（イラスト）はケープタウン原産。高さ1～2mで，株もとから葉柄がなん本も立ち上がり，その先に長さ40cm，長楕円形の葉をつける。…

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