{"id":264,"date":"2010-04-30T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=264"},"modified":"2011-10-01T04:53:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T03:53:32","slug":"about-that-bird-of-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2010\/04\/30\/about-that-bird-of-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"About that bird of paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To answer a comment:  We have all sorts of flowers here that Roy has imported that resemble the bird of paradise, and they are called heliconias. Here&#8217;s one example:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/04\/blog-flower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/04\/blog-flower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"212\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-263\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThey bloom easily and often because they&#8217;re more adapted to this climate.  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