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Species and hybrids įive species are recognised, although one- S.

Strelitzia species lack natural insect pollinators in areas without sunbirds, plants in this genus generally need hand pollination to successfully set seed. The weight of the bird when standing on the spathe opens it to release the pollen onto the bird's feet, which is then deposited on the next spathe it visits. They are pollinated by sunbirds and blue-faced honeyeaters, which perch on and drink from the spathe. The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe. The leaves are large, 30–200 cm long and 10–80 cm broad, similar to a banana leaf in appearance, but with a longer petiole, and arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage. caudata, which is a tree of a typically smaller size than S.

nicolai is the largest in the genus, reaching 10 m (33 ft) tall, with stately white and blue flowers the other species typically reach 2.0 to 3.5 m tall, except S. The genus was named by Joseph Banks in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III who was born a princess of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles and is featured on the reverse of the 50-cent coin. reginae, are frequently grown as houseplants.

In South Africa, it is commonly known as a crane flower. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower/plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. Strelitzia / s t r ɛ ˈ l ɪ t s i ə/ is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa.

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