My Gallery - Bird of Paradise Flower

This was a good sunny day at my home. I saw the beautiful bird of paradise flower in my garden while I was walking around my home in the morning. Wow I was stunned. I should take some photos of my bird of paradise so I decided to test my Sigma 70-300 APO CG Macro so that I took the close up photos. Please feel free to comment (You can click each photo to see a bigger photo)

FYI - The bird-of-paradise flower (Strelitzia reginae) also called crane flower ornamental plant of the family Strelitziaceae. There are five species of the genus Strelitzia, all native to southern Africa. They grow from rhizomes (underground stems) to a height of 1 to 1.5 metres (about 3 to 5 feet) and have stiff, erect, leathery, concave, and oblong leaves. The leaves are bluish green and may have a red midrib.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Zingiberidae
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Strelitziaceae
Genus: Strelitzia

Information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia and www.britannica.com