Thursday, August 7, 2008

Birds of Paradise: A title that bonds a bird and a flower



We all know that the Birds of Paradise are a group of birds that mostly found in Asia and Australia. But there is plant (belongs to the family Strelitziacea) that blooms with a flower, also named as Bird of Paradise. The name Bird of Paradise comes from the flower shape which resembles a birds beak and head plumage. Is it just a co-incidence or the mimicry-loving nature's play?


There were no Bird of Paradise plant in Bangladesh since 2006 and then a nature-loving Bangladeshi guy (I apologize as I forgot the name) bought this plant (most probably from Canada) and planted in the garden in front of Bangla Academy. I read this news in a local Daily News paper couple of years back. If any one have any updates regarding Bird of Paradise in Bangladesh, please let us also know.

3 comments:

Maya said...

This is a fantastic article on the 'Birds of Paradise'. I didn't know this fact at all.Thank you very much for such an interesting article. Looking forward to see more such articles.

Kabir Uddin Ahmed said...

Dear Balukona Safa, It was a great write up from you.I think apart from thinking of science if we collect something what are going on around us.It could be a great oppotunity to know the nature which has a lot of impact.Thank you.Looking forward to see more such article in future.

Balukona said...

Kabir, Thanks for your feedback. I will be very happy to see your articles on nature soon.