It narrowly beat out the bush sunflower in a March Madness-style bracket competition — part of an effort to encourage ...

Most are distinguished by striking colors and bright plumage of yellow, blue, scarlet ... also lend their name to a colorful flower. South Africa's bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is ...

The bird of paradise, with its showy orange, blue, and purple blooms ... and where it’s called a crane flower, the bloom is depicted on the country’s 50-cent coin. It’s also the “floral ...