Q: My Mexican bird of paradise was gorgeous this year, the best ever. The flowers are now going to seed pods. Should I cut it back? What is the proper way to care for this plant as it moves into fa ...

Change in Leaves . Neimann notes that the sign of a healthy bird-of-paradise is that the leaves are large and a dark shade of ...

Bird-of-paradise plants can grow upwards of 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide when given the proper care. Because of this, it's important to monitor whether or not it may be time to repot your plant ...

Birds-of-Paradise. There are 45 species in 17 genera in the family Paradsaeidae - also known as birds-of-paradise. These birds live across eastern Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea.

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.

The feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise glow in a yellow-green hue. Rene Martin / American Museum of Natural History. Three genera of the birds-of-paradise —Lycocorax, ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.

Walking through the “Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution” exhibition at the National Geographic Museum can feel decidedly otherworldly. Part of it is the backdrop: lush foliage in ...

“In their case, it’s kind of a bright green and green-yellow color. ... Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Ready to Glow: Giving the Bird of Paradise Yet Another Reason to Shine.