Bird-of-Paradise... in the Land of Paradise

[ackhoo]

They call them Bird-of-Paradise... or crane flower, if you don't look carefully, you might mistake one in the bush for a bird peeping at you!

These seem to be a cousin of the brighter, more colourful plumaged ones with blue and purplish petals ~ these I found are just yellow and orange, but they must be really sweet, as there were ants on most of the blooms I came across!

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I found these outside the villa we were at
Look how graceful they are
Like a Balinese dancer in a pose

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Where there is Life, there is also Death
Discoloured, brown and drying... and fading away
It also has these fruit-like growths from within the flowers
Interesting... no?

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Another graceful bloom
Also being visited by more ants!

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[ackhoo]

Thank you, @pixresteemer!

[zirochka]

Never seen it before, it looks indeed like a relative of Strelitzia

[ackhoo]

We get these quite commonly here too... Caught some nice specimens here! :)

[hananali]

Wonderful pictures, this looks exactly like a pro

[ackhoo]

Thank you!

[txatxy]

Hello Hello
I had only seen the flowers, not the seed
Thank you
Happy day

[ackhoo]

Haha, yes, these are quite unusual to me too... Happy Day and Happy Weekend, my friend!! :)

[tattoodjay]

I love these flowers the stand out for attention dont they

[ackhoo]

Yes, I think they are most exotic to me! makes me think of the jungle... lol

[tattoodjay]

The same with me a tropical jungle

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[raymon1796]

I love these flowers they are so beautiful..I sold back in Holland when I was a florist.

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[ackhoo]

They are lovely! Thank you for dropping by, @raymon1796! :)

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[jayclar30]

Here in Australia and the islands where they originated from they're known as Heliconias. There's 100's of varieties and colours and 2 main types... the first and third photos are psittacorum types . While the the spent flower is an old long, pendulous bract, these can also face upwards and are known as claws. They're closely related to the banana.