extremely chuffed

Last night I happened to notice that I have a flower spike on my Bird of Paradise plant! I bought it for a fiver a few years ago at Homebase. It lives in a pot and goes outside in the summer and I never held my breath too much hoping it would reach a flowering stage. They are quite handsome plants in their own right so wasn't overly concerned. Now I can't wait for it to open!! I will proudly take pics!!!

 

That's great!!

Can't wait to see the pix!

 

Congrats!

Mine flowered for the first time last year and once they start there's no stopping them!

 

Well done

 

I used to have a huge plant (probably caused by growing in too much shade!) one thing I always remember is that the flowers leaked a huge amount of nectar. It used to leave sticky puddles on the floor so you may want to protect your surfaces before the flowers open.