bird of paradise (White)

isabel19 · November 2016

Hello,

I have a white bird of paradise. I bought the house 3 years ago with the plant already established. Due to neglect it had only 2 leaves on it. now its massive. I have heard that the Whites are hard to bloom. Does it need to get bigger?? Or is there something I can do to get it to bloom?

It does have lots of pups. I have left them. Do I need to remove them?

It is in a pool room and gets lots of light, but I have also put a grow light beside it. I fertilize it about every 3 - 4 weeks and it gets watered every couple of days.

Thanks

Dovefromabove · November 2016

It's looking very healthy and is probably feeling far too good, what with all the tlc and fertilizer. Plants flower in order to procreate and further the species - as yours is finding the environment very much to its liking it has been furthering the species by producing offsets - it may feel more inclined to flower if it thinks its life is getting tougher and its days may be numbered. I would withhold the fertilizer .

I wouldn't remove the offsets unless the root space is getting too crowded.

Good luck - it will look marvellous when it does flower

Last edited: 08 November 2016 18:34:36

bird of paradise (White)

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