Description
Strelitzia juncea (Strelitziaceae) Crane flower (e). A perennial herb, producing thick fleshy roots and upright needle-like leaves. Although the leaves are very different, flowers resemble those of the more commonly cultivated Strelitzia reginae. Sowing: Before sowing, remove the bright orange tuft of hairs attached to the seed (aril of each seed) and soak in a solution of ethrel at a concentration of 2000 ppm active constituent. This entails making up 6 ml ethrel (39.5% active ingredient) to a litre of water. Soak the seed for 48 hours, then remove from the solution and sow at a depth of one and a half times the size of the seed. A constant temperature of 25C is most suitable for germination. Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: November 2019
