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Strelitzia reginae [Bird of Paradise]


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Oldfield, D. 2014. Strelitzia reginae (Strelitziaceae) Bird of Paradise. Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light.

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Maldon Victoria, Australia

6 November 2014

South African Cultivar

 

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Strelitzia occur naturally in South Africa where there are five species. They are grown around the world in warm climates and are popular in Australia. This particular plant could be up to 20 years old.

 

Visible Light: Nikon D7100 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Sunlight, 1/200 s @ f/16 ISO 200, B+W UV/IR Cut Filter.

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Image Reference: DO70588

 

Ultraviolet Light: Nikon D7100 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Sunlight, 1.0 s @ f/11 ISO 200, Baader UV-Pass Filter.

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Image Reference: DO70592

 

 

Reference:

Botanica Random House Australia, 2004, p. 862

 

Published 6 November 2014

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Very interesting. Here in the US we see lots of Birds of Paradise grown in warmer southwestern areas and in California. I always wondered how it looked in UV.
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The bees (introduced European honeybees) were going crazy around the blue central area (probably a moving bee in there somewhere) which seems to correlate with bees being attracted to those areas of insect-pollinated-Eremophila that become UV blue.

 

Dave

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