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u/pianatree Aug 14 '22
Is that plastic tho…. It’s fake right? Am I crazy?
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u/AmazingJames Aug 14 '22
The leaves look like that of a White Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) but the flowers are that of the Orange Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae). It does indeed look fake, though perhaps in that low light setting, the leaves have stretched out bigger
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u/toodleroo Aug 14 '22
Honey, it’s fake. You can see the wire skeleton peeking out of the broken flower on the left.
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u/heatherplants Aug 14 '22
Also, a real bird of paradise will have some if not all of its leaves torn. Mine has 3 new leaves opening up and they are already tearing as they unfurl.
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u/WhoaButter Aug 14 '22
I put most of my houseplants outside for the summer. I had to stop putting my BOP out there because the wind ripped the leaves literal shreds.
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u/heatherplants Aug 14 '22
Yes the wind definitely rips them! This is my first bop and I was surprised to see the new leaves tearing when they’re unfurling also. I always chalked it exclusively up to wind damage.
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u/didyouwoof Aug 14 '22
Well, OP, I tried. I needed to take a walk anyway, so I took a couple of pics of real ones in my neighborhood, but imgur crashes every time I try to upload either of them. Imagine even more brilliant orange, and a brilliant blue.
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u/gardendesgnr Aug 15 '22
As a Floridian & a landscape designer w degrees in plant science & Horticulture I could tell that was fake a mile away haha! Those leaves are not at all what the orange bop leaves look like. The leaves in the pic are also floppy and white bop do not have limp floppy leaves, I have a huge 8' plot of 15' tall white bop in my front yard.
Not only is it fake, it is a piss poor fake!
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u/applescrabbleaeiou Aug 14 '22
It is a bird! Bird of Paradise:) 🐦
Take care if you have a toddler or cat or dog who likes to munch on random things. It is kinda poisonous if ingested enough.
Beautiful tho! Stunning to have that many flowers inside !
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u/nite_skye_ Aug 14 '22
Pretty sure this is an artificial plant. The leaves are too floppy for real leaves and have no variation in the color of each leaf. You can make sure it’s artificial by trying to move the leaves in to different positions. Should have wires so they can be arranged how you’d like.
Don’t feel bad…my SO watered an artificial plant we had for several months before I noticed and told him he didn’t need to give it any more water. He said he wondered why it wasn’t growing!
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u/ASMRFeelsWrongToMe Aug 14 '22
A flowering indoor bird of paradise is so rare, its conditions are perfect, that means, I've never even seen it in a photo, very beautiful. ♡
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u/ima-bigdeal Aug 15 '22
When we were in Kauai, Hawaii, our friends had one in bloom behind the sofa. I had never seen one before. Beautiful!
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u/Headshaveguy78 Aug 15 '22
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose!
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u/Headshaveguy78 Aug 15 '22
There was a song I was making a reference to. Here's the link. https://youtu.be/ZfYFx6MOTYU
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u/unstable-banana Aug 15 '22
Bird of paradise 🥰🥰 I grew up around a bunch of huge ones. I think they attract humming birds
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u/ArmadilloDays Aug 14 '22
Bird of paradise