Two beauties !!

Hi Jaap

Thank you ! I am pleased you like them!!

Best wishes
Peter

Hi Peter,

What a lovely shot! They look like they are singing...or is it just me! ;-)

Best wishes, Rosa.

Hi Rosa,

Thank you so much for your visit here. They were growing wild by the sea shore. Maybe they were quietly singing..Maybe a song about how happy and peaceful it is there!
Glad you like them!

Best wishes
Peter

Gorgeous flowers and a lovely background bokeh! Here we only see them at florists or in botanical gardens...

Thank you so much Gudrun!

I am so pleased that you like them. I did see quite a few at the florists too, but I thought this wild pair made a much nice picture!

Best Wishes
Peter

Peter, these are really beautiful. Such unusual blossoms and so interesting to look at. Amazing that they grow wild there!!

Thank you so much Janet

Just imagine living there.. You could grow them in your garden!
Under the palm trees perhaps..

Happy that you enjoyed the picture!

Best Wishes
Peter

Peter, what a clear, very detailed shot of these Birds of Paradise. this flower was featured in a lovely valentine bouquet of a dear friend. this is an excellent shot Peter.

Best wishes. Sarah

Hi Sarah,

Thank you so much! I am so pleased that you have enjoyed the flowers. Of course you can get them very easily in the florists here, but to see them growing wild is very nice!!

Best Wishes
Peter

Good shot Peter. Curious that they, a South African plant, are named for a bird from Papua-New Guinea. images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?fr2=lf&p=bird+of+paradise&ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&rd=r2

Hi Graham

Thank you for visiting, and the link. I have no idea how the name cam about, but thinking of how the meanings of words can change even in our lifetime, I do wonder if it had some other name originally, and popular usage (and globalisation) changed it to something more fitting.

Best Wishes
Peter

like two cranes :) → very nice picture
friendly greetings → Marek-Ewjan

Nice picture of strelitzia
Ce sont les vrais oiseaux de paradis
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