Description
Kigalia, Rwanda: colorful bird of paradise flower / crane flower (Strelitzia reginae), an evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 80 to 200 centimeters, it forms clump-like stands with its branched rhizomes. The inflorescence is partially covered by a beak-shaped, bract (the so-called spathe), which usually has red edges. Named by Joseph Banks in honour of the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, with the specific epithet reginae.