Identification: WAS TOLD it is Bird Of Paradise?

I am not sure if this plant is a Bird Of Paradise. And if it is how to take proper care of it.

 

Is there any way you could post a larger picture of it? That one's so small that I can't make out any detail on it, so it's impossible to ID the plant.

 

I changed the size of the picture in the original thread.

catinhat.

 

Thanks! It looks like a bromeliad to me, more than Strelizia or another of the Zingiberales, but it could also be a Heliconia that I am not familiar with.

Compare - This is Bird of Paradise (GIS)

Do the leaves arise from a central rosette, or do they grow on stalks?

 

Looks like a Bromeliad my bird of paradise looks nothing like that.

http://www.bromeliad.org.au/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia

Liz

 

Flower structure indicates it likely to be a Billbergia.

 

After just spending most of the day scouraging through bromeliad photos for myself I believe that Ron B would be correct.

 

Bilbergia for me too. My mother had one very similar to that.

 

Thanks for the help and information. I found my plant on the fcbs.org/images/billbergia site. It is a Billbergia amoena var carnea.