I have no idea but am pretty sure they do produce seeds. When I was at my Mom's in FL I dug through a bunch of spent blooms on the orange variety and couldn't find anything. Do you have a white bird? How can you reach the blooms? The one that's at the local arboretum is about 20' tall.

That's how tall they bet? wow. They got to have seeds because I planted 4 seeds of a BOP that I have gotten through the RR.

Jim hope you will find some!

Lucy

I know you can get seeds, I grew mine from seed in '07. Only about 14" right now, I have the orange, cant wait for blooms, I know it takes a few years. I need to put it in a bigger pot.
All I do know about collecting the seeds is that you are supposed to let the pod dry on the plant before harvesting. Wish I coulda helped more...
um..Jim..so where are the pix dude?? :)

Jim
Congrats on your Bloom, I had one for 3yrs, not one Bloom so I gave it away, I have angels Moonlight Blooming right
now

Elizabeth

so Elizabeth where are YOUR pictures?

Daniella you are right. JIM pictures please! Must look SO awesome!

Lucy

Don't know where the seeds are, but yes they do get huge. I had one at another house and used to chop the 'stems'/branches' that were about 8 inches around to keep them under control because not only do they grow tall, but they also grow around! Sometimes they have them at the 99 cent stores here and they grow quickly.

Are you kiddin Eloise? Wow!! The way I am going about collecting all these plants that need winterstorage...I better plan on getting TWO greenhouses roflmao

I just ordered, who knows how many fuchsia cuttings and little plants at DG rofl Another thing I am going to read up on AFTER the fact roflmao

Lucy

Thanks,

I have 2 white BOP- giant they have about 10 flowers each. Some are over and drying and some are new. My flowers are about 2' off the ground and the plants are 10-12 feet tall. One of the plants who truly love it here.

I did peek into a drying pod but saw no seeds. I will wait until they completely dry out.

Jim, the way I understand it, they will not have seeds unless you cross pollinate your plants. The seed capsule is where the flowers use to be, and the seed capsule needs to be fat, or it will not be any good. The seeds look like black round peas. I know you will be able to do this. I have no interest in having any more plants, mine is way too big for my yard. Barbra,

Mine were 6' tall when I bought them 2 years ago. I have 2 and the bee's were all over the flowers so maybe I will have seeds. The pod looking bottom part are big and fat and 12-18 inches long. I could use another 20 BOP's

Good to hear from you Barbara. I put out 120 cubic yards of clay 3 weeks ago. 4" of rain since December and 40 mph winds was wearing my pump out lol and me also. My plants loved it. You should try some.....

Thanks everyone for the info. Now I have a clue..........

Jim

Jim, I put 28 yards of dirt every spring on my yard, still trying to level it, from all the mole holes. I just finished the 2nd 14 yard truck. I have a question, what is clay?? I get sandyloam from GJ Transport in Portland, they sell it for $325 for 14 yards, do you know where I can get a better deal? I could use another 14 yards to put down on the driveway, its so much lower there than the rest of the yard, I cannot make my self pay that much money for dirt, that one day will be covered by a driveway. Barbra,

Try Joe Wright 361-463-6654 he has a clay pit.( tell him I told you to call) It supposedly has a salt content but my plants love it. It is about $ 80.00 for 12 yards. It will reduce water consumption 50-70 % over the normal sandy soil. I learned by using it on the driveway and threw some into the grassy area and it went bright green and stayed that way. Now if we have 14" of rain it might be a problem.

Checked some open pods there were no seeds. I will keep checking the other pods.

Jim

Hi, Jim good to see you. I love bird of paradise. Saw some pretty ones in Hawaii.

Thanks Jim, I will give him a call. I read about the bird of paradise online, when I was trying to share my plants, and was not able to dig up the shoots from the side. The way I understood it, you just about had to do it, youself, so I lost interest. I have had mine since 1996, and it has never had any seeds, but then again, I only have the one white BOP. I have 4 orange, and two of them are over 20 years old, and no seeds there either. Barbra,