White Bird of Paradise - Strelitzia Nicolai

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by pmurphy, May 30, 2014.

  1. pmurphy

    pmurphy Contributor 10 Years

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    I have a white bird of paradise about 9-10ft tall. About 2 weeks ago we moved it outside to the deck for the season (same place it was last year). When we were moving it I noticed a couple of new leaves forming (nothing unusual about that), and they were the normal green as any the other new leaf. After about a week outside it seemed as though one was getting lighter and then, a couple of days ago, when this new leaf fully opened up it's a yellowish green in color, not at all like the other new leaf.
    The new yellow leaf is very large, looks like all the others and appears healthy except that it's centered low within in the plant - normally, based on the size of the unfurled leaf, I assumed it would have pushed up to add height to the plant like the second new leaf.
    Any thoughts?

    I will try adding a photo when I get home
     
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    pmurphy Contributor 10 Years

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    Here are some pictures of the plant......and you can see how low set this new leaf is in comparison.
     

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