Sunday, September 30, 2007

Red Bird Of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

The Red Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) is like the Energizer Bunny®, it just keeps going and going and going. These shrubs begin blooming in May and continue into mid-October, but they are at their most spectacular during the worst heat of the summer.

Since we don’t have a fall changing of the leaves here in the Phoenix area, the closest we get to the beautiful reds and golds is in the flowers of the Red Bird of Paradise. For more info on this shrub, check out a previous post.
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19 comments:

  1. Yolanda Elizabet HeuzenSeptember 30, 2007 at 1:19 AM

    Wow, those colours are stunning and do indeed bring autumn colours to mind. Lovely plant that!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2007 at 3:36 AM

    It does look like fall. Beautiful!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2007 at 4:52 AM

    Amazing colours in the photo - remind me of The Grand Canyon - is it nearby?
    TopVeg

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  4. SisahSeptember 30, 2007 at 5:19 AM

    Caesalpinia gilliesii I saw in Italy for the first time a few years ago and thought: What an exotic looking plant, you have to find out more about it. But the one on your photo made me sigh even more...I am really living in the wrong climate zone. What a beauty.

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  5. AceySeptember 30, 2007 at 7:37 AM

    wow that's beautiful!

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  6. MarkSeptember 30, 2007 at 8:02 AM

    Hi Aiyana,

    I bet if the bunny saw these beauties he would bang his drum even longer, either that or fall off the cliff.

    Cheers Mark

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2007 at 9:40 AM

    What a vibrant beauty and the fact that the blooms last so long is great.
    Sara from farmingfriends

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2007 at 10:56 AM

    That's some fabulous color, Aiyana! Thanks for sharing the photo, and happy GTS!

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2007 at 5:29 PM

    That is a gorgeous tree. I'm going to go look up what Zones it can live in (I'm in Zone 5). Happy GTS!

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  10. Silly GooseSeptember 30, 2007 at 5:31 PM

    WOW! We have nothing like that here in Ontario. Not this year anyway, The leaves are kind of ho-hum here. Not enough rain in 2007 to make the autumn colours sing.

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  11. JeanSeptember 30, 2007 at 6:47 PM

    The colors are amazing! Wish they would grow here.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2007 at 8:12 PM

    The colors are amazing! Really, really beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

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  13. bsSeptember 30, 2007 at 10:15 PM

    fantastic! i don't have anything like that in my garden now... thanks for the treat!

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  14. AliceOctober 1, 2007 at 2:34 AM

    That is a most beautiful flower. Who needs Fall colour when you can have that one all summer ...lol

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  15. MuumOctober 1, 2007 at 5:25 AM

    This is a wonderful flower. I am amazed at your knowledge and enjoy learning something new, and seeing new plants on your blog.

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  16. AnonymousOctober 1, 2007 at 10:14 AM

    OMG, that is beautiful.
    I have never heard of a red bird of paradise.
    Is it the same family as a regular bird of paradise?
    It sure looks different.

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  17. AiyanaOctober 1, 2007 at 1:22 PM

    Chigiy,
    No, this is in a different family and genus than the one usually referred to as the Tropical Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae) which is in the Musaceae Family. The Caesalpinia is in the Fabaceae Family. We don't see a lot of the Tropical Bird of Paradise here--mostly because it requires a lot of shade in summer and a good deal of water.

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  18. JulieOctober 1, 2007 at 7:54 PM

    WOW...it is spectacular!!! Nice colors and very long blooming...awesome!
    Julie

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  19. AnonymousOctober 2, 2007 at 3:26 PM

    Yes the other 'bird of paradise; is a relative of the banana which is closer related to the grasses, rather than a tree.

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