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Bird of paradise

Strelitzia reginae

RareTropicalModerateMild

A tropical houseplant. Prefers full sun. Wants a substrate that drains steadily. As a species it wants water about every 7 days. Mildly toxic if ingested.

Bird of paradise: how often should you water it?

~7days between waterings

That’s the interval our references converge on for this species indoors: roughly every 7 days between waterings, adjusted for your light and your season.

What we do and don’t publish

Why we don’t give you a date.

We publish the interval this species usually wants. We don’t publish a date for your plant — nothing here measures it. The interval is a starting point you adjust from what you actually log.

Start trackingLog a watering, and the interval starts adjusting to your home.

Guidance is curated against general horticultural references including the RHS, the Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder, and university extension services. Each field is either published or left empty — never estimated.

Care cadences

WWaterEvery ~7 days

CClean leavesEvery ~30 days

FFertilizeEvery ~21 days

RRepotEvery ~730 days

Not established for this species: mist. We’d rather leave them empty than guess.

What’s known about this species

Light

ExposureFull sun

Tolerates direct sunYes

Daily light target8 mol/m²/day

Environment

Ideal temperature22 °C

min 13 °Cmax 30 °C

Humidity40–60% RH

Soil & pot

Drainagemoderate

Pot with drainage and a rich, well-draining mix. Needs bright light (some direct sun) to flower. Likes to be pot-bound; repot every 2-3 years.

Toxicity

MildToxic to pets

Toxic to cats & dogs per ASPCA: causes oral irritation and gastrointestinal upset.

A short profile, on purpose

2 of the fields we publish aren’t established for this species in the references we trust. Empty means unknown — not zero, and not a guess.

Suggest a correction

The species’ year

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GrowingDormantRepotFeed

A typical year for this species in a temperate northern home. It shifts with your light and your latitude — we don’t track your plant’s season, so treat this as rhythm, not schedule.

Keep this species honest in your own log.

Verdalia holds the interval, your log moves it. Free to start.

Start tracking

Verdalia publishes species guidance curated from horticultural references. It does not measure your plant — you log what you do, and the intervals adjust to what you log. Suggest a correction