Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise Photograph from Olbrich Gardens in Madison Wisconsin

Bird of Paradise @ 2010 Bo Mackison

I photographed this unusual flower, or at least this unusually named flower. I guess to someone, this flower looked like a bird. In Paradise, no less.

Supposedly it does resemble the real bird of paradise, a tropical bird found in New Guinea. Hmm. Paradise?

Photographed at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison Wisconsin.