Ikhamanga IV

Another Bird of Paradise or Strelizia Nicolai, grows close to warm oceans. They are just a promise of summer holidays for me. The flowers resemble heads of cranes with white crests and purple beaks and there is sweet sticky syrup dripping from them. They have a fantastical beauty about them. More about their seeds here:

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-06-livelihoods-of-kzn-south-coast-strelitzia-seed-pickers-under-threat/