Bird of paradise
Strelitzia reginae
- Wants
- Bright direct
- Tolerates
- Bright direct down to bright direct
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Pets
- Not safe
- Outdoors
- Hardy
Why it wants that
It is an open-country South African clump plant, not a forest one - it grew with the whole sky above it, which is why it is the only plant in this group that a source lists under full sun at six-plus hours.
Too little light
The fetched sources describe stretching rather than damage: UF/IFAS records that 'Plants grown in part shade will grow taller and have larger flowers than those planted in full sun'.
Too much
No fetched source names a scorch symptom. What they prescribe is screening and air: MOBOT says to 'screen against the very bright direct sun' in the summer months, and NC State that 'When temperatures rise above 70F outside, place your plant in a sunny to a se...