Giant Paradise
Back in June, Cyndie received a present from Elysa and Ande of a giant bird of paradise plant they were repotting. Elysa had rescued the root-bound plant from her workplace when it was about to get discarded. Ande worked determinedly to untangle the mass and turn one pot into several.
It was quite a challenge for Elysa and Ande to tip down and fit our new transplant into her car for the trip to our house. It was also a challenge for us to find a place where it would fit indoors and keep it standing without an established root structure yet.
After it continually leaned too much, we decided to tie a line to the wall to hold it up while hoping the roots would soon get a grip to stabilize the tall shoots. I don’t know if that stability is happening yet, but this weekend a new shoot burst up and began to unfurl to a surprising degree.
This is one vigorous tropical beauty.
We are thrilled to see this new evidence of that vigor and feel optimistic about the future of this beauty of an indoor plant in the corner where it now resides.
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If you are lucky your plant can produce a white flower… This is the second year I have been growing them, but still no flower… Of course, they don’t like the cold but I have one that survived our winter outside, nevertheless.
Anonymous
August 14, 2024 at 4:03 pm
It would be a thrilling bonus if we get a flower someday! I hope it won’t mind how cool our home gets during the winter months.
johnwhays
August 14, 2024 at 8:50 pm