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This is a striking feature plant with upright cylindrical leaves without a leaf blade, growing from 1 to 2 m in height and producing large orange / yellow flowers borne on long, cylindrical scapes.
Strelitzia juncea is one of five Strelitzia species in southern Africa
Description
A perennial herb 1-2 m high, producing thick fleshy roots and upright cylindrical leaves without a leaf blade.
Grown under ideal conditions S. juncea is floriferous and long-lived. Although the leaves are very different.
The inflorescence consists of a boat-shaped spathe bearing five flowers on average.