I’ve watched 10 videos on this plant and you have the best one! Thank you for touching on all the experiences you have had as well very helpful! ❤️

HI!! I got my Bird of Paradise right at the Beginning of the Pandemic at Home Depot. It was damaged and very small but plants at that time were very far & few to find and I bought it anyway. I put it in my South facing window…but a few feet back so it gets filtered bright light. It has flourished! I also at the suggestion of my sister put it in LECA. It has no dirt in the pot…just LECA. This plant Grew so much in the LECA BALLS. I get so many compliments on this plant. It’s one of my favorite plants.

One of the most helpful plant videos I've ever seen. You touched on every question I had. Thank you!

Thank you for your help ❤️ I got my first birds of paradise two months ago, it's almost spring time where I live, and I am looking forward to seeing its new growth 🌿

Thank you for this video- it is the most informative I have seen and I could 100% relate to so much of what you are saying. Super helpful! 😃

Thanks! I have a bird of paradise and it’s been growing pretty well. Super excited for the flowers to bloom.

Thanks for all the research you did and shared with us!

Great video, stayed on the topic, she did all the research for us in a nutshell! Great info, thank u 🙏🏼

Thank you very much for your video. Yesterday I purchased a bird of paradise plant from a person Who lives not far from me here in Henderson, Nevada and I am thrilled and want it to grow successfully. The plant is about four years old and it never flowered, but I’m fine if it doesn’t. Like you, I love the tropical feel it gives to my home. I know that I need to buy some plant food today and I will see how my plant thrives throughout the next few days. Thank you once again for your help.

Thank you you feeling was extremely informative I just received my plant about 4 weeks ago and it's thrown two leaves already I was extremely amazed at how quickly it grows like you I have it in a West window in the sunroom like all my other plants it seems to be thriving thank you for the information

EXTREMELY HELPFUL VIDEO! Thank you for all the incite. Definitely a must watch for first time plant Moms!

Thank you for the acclimation point, I couldn't figure out why my leaves were burning!

Great video that addressed all my concerns and questions. I liked the format of this!!

Awesome video! So direct and informative.💞

Thank you! Very informative and straight to the point and I appreciate that.

Hey luv, I got my BIP today she is huge got her from Kroger for 6 dollars. I hope you have a blessed Christmas. Happy Growing and stay safe.

I really enjoyed this video and found it super helpful! thank you!

Thanks for your tips! I got mine from a grocery store and also assumed that because of its indoor lighting that where I've placed it in my home with lower light will be okay. And a couple of weeks ago, I did see a new sphere so I think it's doing well!

This was sooo helpful! I had mine about 5 feet from a west facing window and my leaves had been curling and I was getting some sunburn so I came here for some help. I do however have a flower as of today! Excited to take some better care of my BOP.

This was SO helpful! I just bought one and put it on my patio and the sunburn happened. Good to know it will acclimate with the new leaves. For now, I put it more in the shade with indirect sunlight mixed with small amounts of direct sunlight. Thanks for all the tips!

Thank you! Very informative! I got two BOP about 3 months ago and they are both popping out new foliage and I’m so excited! I have them in doors near a south facing window. I live in Portland Oregon so it’s not really sunny here so I got them some plant lights and they are loving it.

Very helpful video!! Thank you for sharing!

This video is AMAZING! Helped me a lot :)

Just Awesome, you did great and you stayed on point , super interesting and kept my attention the whole time because you delivered exactly what I needed to know without all the extra cutesy talk that wears me out. Upbeat positive and great voice!

This was very helpful, thank you!

Extremely informative and to the point

I like the way you explain so much in details. Please mention where you live so it can help

Thank you. I’ve had my baby since March and I’m excited to see how she goes through the British winter

Super helpful video! Thank you!!

Very Helpful! Thanks!

Nice video! Very informative!

thank you so much!! very helpful.

Thank you so much! I thought I need to put it outside because thats what the instructions said on the care tips.

Great video, thanks!

Very helpful video. My bird of paradise has two spears and I’ve been waiting for a long time to see them unfurl. It’s very reassuring knowing that it may take some time.

great info. Thank you

Thank you thank you thank you so much for this video 🙌🏼

I came for tips on keeping my new plant but the sweatshirt is DOPE 💯

Its a glorious plant and quite easy to take care of.

Good information. Thanks⚘

Very helpful, thank you

Thank you for the information

Hi Nicole, I'm both a "liker" and subscriber from Lake Charles, LA. We have a subtropical climate here, which means our climate borders on a tropical zone and we do have an occasional light freeze, at which time I bring my tropical plants inside for the night. I have a B-O-P, the smaller variety (Strelitzia reginae) that has 3 clumps, or separate plants in one pot. I do have a large plant that looks similar to the large (S. nicolai) "bird" called a "Traveler's Palm" or Ravanala Madagascarienis. Many unfamiliar with it mistake it for a large "bird", but eventually they get a LOT larger and more magnificent. Google it! I think it must have been grown under a shade cloth because it burns easily and the leaves curl if put it direct sunlight. In the wild, they do, so I'm introducing it slowly in about 30 min. per day increments. Eventually, it'll get too tall for my porch so I told my sister she can have it where they can put it in a glassed-in atrium of her church. The ceiling there is about 20' so it can grow there many years, as long as we could appoint someone to water it on a schedule. Thanks for posting and happy gardening! 🪴🌴

I have a medium size Bird of Paradise! You’re plant 🌱 looks good! I have mine in an area like yours! 😊 Very helpful tip on repotting My Bird Of Paradise! I will wait for the right season! ⛅️🌤☀️🌱🌱🤗 Thank you! Stay safe! And keep using your cute mask 😷 when going out to purchase more plants 🌱. 😁

Great video

just ordered one..thanks for good info.

Great video thanks!

thanks for sharing!

Very informative

This was very helpful! I did the same thing and burned mine by accident and i couldnt figure out why, so thank you for including that in this video:)

Great vid! Do you have any tips on how to propagate a BoP?

Very good video..I learn so much from your videos. You said if its under water leaves curl in, but I use moisture meter to check, its wet still leaves curl in. I got it a week back. Any suggestions?

The splits in the leaves on plants of this size is usually to help them withstand strong wind. Otherwise the leaves would act as a sail and risk snapping the stem, or tipping the plant over.

Thank you for sharing… don’t forget the humidity in Hawaii

Amazing video thank you !! 💕 can you touch upon watering a little more? Does anyone know if it’s ok to use tap water or does it have to be filtered water ?

I Love BOP unfortunately it's too big for my flat Lol. So I'll just watch and appreciate other people BOP ;) But I love how yours grows and thanks for sharing your care tips. Have a fab weekend Nicole :)

Wow on the price! I don't have a costco near me. Check for mealy bugs when you bring it in from outside. Mealy bugs love them.

I thought I wasn't taking good care of my BOP because some leaves were curling and getting brown in some spots. But then she sprouted two leaves out of nowhere! I accidentally broke one off, but the other one took no time at all to unfurl. Two weeks tops. I'm so proud.

Very nice be blessed keep growing

Thank you!

Full sun where we live is different from where they originate. ALWAYS slowly adjust your plant to more light unless it’s already grown outside

Thank you, thank you, thank you Nicole. I’ve had mine about 6 months. It’s been so slow I growing. But I got a grow light and that has really helped. It started to put up a new leaf immediately. I do fertilize every week when it gets watered. Do they need to dry out between watering? I’ve got an app that wants me to water every 5-6 days. So it’s always damp.

Thanks!

Thank you

greetings from sunny UK , have had the BOP for 8 years and finally this week have a flower stalk . Waiting for it to open , its a deep purple. The pot lives outside in the summer, but is moved inside the cold green house before the first frost. Biggest problem , is the wind damage on the leaves .

Love your video. My question is. Why do the new leaves open up with a crinkle effect on one side? My white bird of paradise is 3 years old, 6ft tall and gets about 4 hours of bright morning indirect sunlight , and sits about 10 ft in from the window.

This was very helpful, I had to cut 3 leaves down all the way to the stalk because I thought it would do fine on my balcony and it got severely sunburnt. With enough sunlight and watering, how long will new leaves grow or a spear pop out after cutting one of the leaves?

Alot of times we can mistake sunburn as fertilizer burn just fyi. Once of my leaves died off completely a couple of days after i fertilized. I made the mistake of pouring the fertilizer into the soil and watering separately. Instead of mixing the fertilizer with the water

I have a little baby one I can’t wait to see it grow n.n

It on sale again right now. I just traded for one but I'd buy one there if i didn't already have one. They have really neat clay pots too.

I brought one from my local supermarket,about a month ago,it's still quite small and a new leaf has opened in that time,but seems to have stoped,as in the new leaf is still curled a little and been like that for a couple of weeks now! Have I done something wrong? I hope it doesn't die,,I love my new plant and got it because I'm not very good with plants and heard that they was resilient! Thanks for this video!❤🇬🇧

Very informative. I had mine for about six months and it's been doing fine. Except the last few weeks it has started getting burns at the very edges of the leaves. Very dark coloured burns. And I've not changed anything I've been doing. It used to face a north facing window but I thought it would be happier at a south facing window to get more direct sunlight, We are going into winter now so less sunlight and heat (UK weather) . And I'm a bit confused and concerned for my pretty.

Thanks did all the information. Can I cut off damaged leaves?

S. nicolai grows in South africa , Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and also in Mexico. 🌴🌱

Hi thanks for the tips. I just recently purchased a bop and I had a few questions I’m hoping you can answer. I live in a small studio apartment with three large windows that face SW. I’m stuck because I’d like to leave the plant there however due to the draft and ac vents pointing directly at the windows, I figured it wouldn’t be a great spot at least through winter. Additionally I’ve noticed the leaves curling inwards. Since then I’ve bought a full spectrum grow light and humidifier. My question is with the supplemented light, should I move the plant away from the window given the circumstances? I ask because i feel like it would be missing some good sun here and there and not sure if a grow light would be sufficient enough through winter. Also, during the spring and summer should I continue to use the grow light in conjunction with natural sunlight? Thank you I’m advance!

Is your plant a s. nicolai or s. reginae? I just bought a small s. reginae but now wonder if I should have got a s. nicolai!! Thanks for the video! :)

I bought my first BoP not knowing what it was! It's in a medium planter with a few other tropical plants (dipladenia, and 2 other unidentified ones). I'm in Canada and I brought it outside a little too early, the next morning I found it catastrophically frosted, every leaf had died. Against what I thought were all odds, with it cut to the ground, this summer she popped back out and is now 4 good leaves strong! You did a great job making this video, it was informative and I appreciated your personal experience with your plant! You were well paced, I could clearly understand you, you're rather pretty, and you address the camera well! If I can offer some feedback, while editing, try and cut out the tiny parts where you cough or hang on an "umm". The job you've done is already great, and I'll be definitely checking out more of your content, but that might help you put a bit more polish on the presentation! 😊

thank you

I moved my plant outdoors because I wanted it to flower, but I think I made a mistake, in 110 degree temperatures the edge of the leaves started to burn and curl

Gorgeous! Can’t wait for my baby BOP to grow♥️

Is it best to keep the plant inside? I bought it as an outside plant on my covered Patio. But as soon as I brought it home the leaves started to curl. It seems that it’s too hot for it 🤷🏽‍♀️(Texas)

Hey there, one of the "arms" of my strelitzia has become to big and heavy. Can i remove it cutting it from the "trunk" ? Do you have any suggestion? Thanks

Yeee me too got it from costco for 20$!!!

Would it be possible to prune or trim roots instead of repotting if you need to keep the plant on the smaller side?

I put mine outside once and it was REALLY HAPPY with the rain. So naturally when it rained again I left it out for two days. It turned black 😭😭😭. I worked so hard on keeping my plant happy and now the leaves look like crap. I think it’s due to overwatering because the soil was really wet for a while. In conclusion, the first time I set it out the leaves made the water fall to the side, this time it didn’t. Also I watered it right before putting it outside soooo 😬. The drainage holes didn’t work

My BOP isnt doing very well and I am not sure how to identify what exactly the issue is. Thought it was under-watering but now the leaves are yellowing and all curled up. I may have to let it Rest In Peace 😞

I just purchased a 7ft BOP (Bird of Paradise) today. My BOP is nearby a NW facing window. But I also have a grow light/ tripod on the other side of the plant. Its actually 4 plants in one pot? Should I divide them?

I’ve inherited my grandads he brought back from Madeira in the 90s and he passed away this year ... it’s now suffered from over watering I think and I m concerned about rot root . I’ve cut away bad bit from it right down to bottom it’s flowering beautifully but I want to keep it going it’s well over 6 foot now and has 5 flowers

What is the soil mix you use in your plant?

I have noticed my plant get white powder thing on leaf. And broken leaf.please suggest

Wondweful video. You might want to add a disclaimer about Costco having a sale on the plant since not everyone won't be watching it right when you posted it

I bought a BOP then went on vacation for 4 days. I came back and all the leaves had curled and dehydrated hard core😅. I thought it would be okay with the watering situation i had set up. I was so sad lets see if i can help it survive.

Hi all!! I have some white fuzz growing on my bird of paradise, any idea how to treat it? I cleaned it off, but it’s starting to come back…

What would cause the new leaf to start dying before it even comes out and unfurls? My orange BOP died that way and not my white BOP is starting to do the same.

I need a bit of help. I was given an already damaged birds of paradise that seemed to have crispy edges on many of the leaves. When I brought it home, I put it outside in the sun and it appears that my neighbor's dog got into it and chewed away at some leaves. I figured with the damage, they probably wouldn't come back to life, so I trimmed them off. I also think the plant was actually over watered because it came with a pool of water in the drain basin and it took a long time for it to dry out again. What do you suggest I do with the damaged leaves?

I bought two small plants 3 days ago and planted them in a new pot that was larger then the small plastic one they came in. I've noticed that they are now starting to curl? I'm worried and want to make sure they are ok. Any tips would help alot.

Do you ever have issues with pests? my BOP have been very healthy for the past 5 months but in the span of a month, a few leaves died and some stems began to brown and rot, some of the new leaves also got very visible browning and im not so sure if its sun burn. I saw that there's spider mites under the leaves and I did clean them with starxmite. it went away but it came right back after a few days. Do you have any tips on how to clear this? as my BOP is not so pests resistant :(

Hello! I need some help with my plant, the leafs are too heavy that the steams break apart, do you know why is that for ?

Love your accent

I was so proud of how well my birds of paradise had been growing since I purchased it... until recently... I realized it the root ball specifically wasn't drying out. So the outter rim of the pot was saying moist or dry but then closer to the plant was reading as soaking wet... and not bouncing back, I had a feeling the soil I wasn't well draining enough so I tried repotting adding more sand (and splitting at the same time) .. But after repotting it started drooping WAY more. I read the shock would need water after repotting so I added water... but then It rained so it got more water.. oof... the leaves are still very curled and droopy....(some of the stems look shriveled with tony fine lines running up it.... .its not looking great. I can't tell if I should cut some stems off or just leave it alone... ...The roots looked fine when I repotted so I figured it would live...... is there anything I can do to make sure it does? I'm getting a bit worried its going to die.