Fresh strelitzia, exotic flower with royal roots. The Strelitzia is also called the 'bird of paradise flower'. That is not surprising, because in the warm places where it grows, the birds use the bract as a seat through which the flower opens. This flower does well in eye-catching bouquets, but also likes to shine with three or four people in a vase at your home.
COLORS AND SHAPE
The simple stem with a comb consisting of graceful open orange bracts with two or three blue royal leaves ensures that you will not easily overlook this beauty. It is a flower with a unique appearance, there is nothing quite like it!
SYMBOLISM
The flower has different symbolisms. The Strelitzia is seen as the flower of freedom and also stands for immortality. This special symbolism requires a beautiful story. If you give the strelitzia, provide a card on which you explain why he/she deserves this flower.
ORIGIN
The Strelitzia originated in South Africa and was shipped to many countries in the eighteenth century. That's how she got her name; the great love for flowers and plants of the wife of English King George III, named Charlotte van Mecklenburg-Strelitz, led to the naming of this special flower.