Strelitzia 'Bird of Paradise' Seeds

I don’t consider myself highly skilled with seeds, especially ones that can be harder to germinate like BOP seeds, but since I could not find an orange BOP in my area I decided to try my hand at growing them from seed. I started with about half the seeds using three different methods, seed pods, paper towel, and hydroponic garden. 5 of the seeds germinate, but due to some mistakes on my part only one survived and it is actually putting out a second leaf now! In my opinion these are great quality seeds and I plan to try to grow the rest of them and hopefully more will survive and prove I learned from my previous mistakes. It’s a long process, but it’s been a true joy to watch this one grow! If I can do it, anyone can do it!

I've planted 9 birds of paradise seeds using different methods. And so far I have 3 successful germinations. I am still very new to planting with seeds so any growth I get is a win for me. Again I have almost had 100% luck with all seeds I have purchased from this company. The 1 I did not I will reorder and try again. No fault of the company I just dont know what I am doing yet.

These took some trial and error to germinate, but I've finally managed to produce success.

I germinated using the paper towel method, wetting with hydroponic nutrient solution, and it required I work in several stages:

- For week 1, I put the seeds in wet paper towels as-is—I did not scarify the seeds or remove the orange hairs at the tip.
- For week 2, I removed the orange hairs, which were basically falling off on their own at this point, and replaced the bag and paper towels with fresh ones.
- I left this as-is for multiple weeks, replacing paper towels and bags weekly. I had a white fuzz building up on the seeds that I would gently brush away with a soft-bristled toothbrush each week when I changed the paper towels.
- Once the seeds started to bulge, I would lightly file the tips (not enough to show white) and I had sprouts within a week.

This is the third batch I've tried and have 3 of 5 sprouting in this batch after a month and a week (March 3rd to April 13th). This is a major improvement over the previous batches that had 0% germination and one batch scarified from the beginning actually rotted hollow.

Note that seedling 2 was not scarified at all in this batch and had to break through the tip on its own. I'm not as confident in this one's survival as 4 and 5 which were both scarified and are healthy color all the way through.

Could not believe my eyes this morning when I opened my BOP greenhouse to water and saw this poking out! I planted this batch on 12/19, so it's only been 21 days. My first batch that I've been about ready to give up on is just over 2 month with no growth so I was shocked to see growth in my new batch already!

I planted both batches the same. The first one I used sand paper to do the scarification then soaked for 48 hours. The second I used cuticle cutters to clip the end of the seed a bit more aggressively (but not too aggressive!) than I did with the sand paper then soaked for 48 hours. Sits on a heat mat under grow lights. I'm so excited! I'm hoping more will be popping up in the coming days/weeks.

Another thing I did different was leave them alone. The first batch I was so excited that I was digging in the soil to check for changes probably once a week after the first couple weeks. The second batch I have not bothered at all. Just open daily to check the soil/water when needed. Not sure if that helped, or if it was the change in scarification methods but I'm delighted either way!

One month in and already sprouting ❤️

Placed my order and it was delivered super fast, I actually got extra seeds which was nice. I love the little instructions for the seeds so you know how to use them and how to plant them. I planted them the same day, I hope to see them sprouting soon. I'll update when they do

I'm impatient and nearly gave up on this seed. While removing some soil from the top, I saw it sprouting and freaked out. 2 weeks later and look how big she got! I can't wait to see how huge it'll get in a year.

When I first planted I was worried I wouldn't have any come up but I had 15 of 25 germinate which I am very happy with!! They are growing so well!

The time it says that these will take to germinate is between 60-90 days for the average time and it has been less than a month for me and one has sprouted and take off already! I hadn't notice it had sprouted til today when I glanced and it was touching the lid, I immediately moved it to another container with the lid off so that I could leave the lid on to try and let the other seeds germinate. It looks like the rest are about to sprout too which is thrilling! Have already bought more seeds and will be again in the future. Hoping the passiflora seeds come back in stock!

I give 5 stars due to being a recurring customer and knowing their products are exceptional.

The germination of their seeds are 90 + % and that is a great deal to me due to helping my own plant shop be successful.

I highly recommend, and will continue to be a loyal customer!

Can’t wait till they sprout

Love the fast delivery. Includes instructions. Friendly customer service.

Informative instruction sheet, packaged well, beautiful seeds

The packaging was well done. Shipping was within reasonable expectations. Great product.

Seeds arrived in a timely manner, good information provided with the seeds, and also received a discount coupon. Now I need to wait to see if seeds germinate

Got it! Thank you so much!

Seeds arrived in perfect condition with helpful sowing information. Thoughtfully packaged and shipped promptly. Thank-you

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Very happy with my order thank you

Seeds came in great condition haven't noticed any growth but other seeds that I purchased from them are rooting and have leafs

Plant arrived healthy and in good condition.

They are seeds to plant

None of my seeds have sprouted yet. I'll change the review once I get something!

I'll definitely be back for more

Awesome, I'm going to buy some more soon.

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