birds-of-paradise

Photos: Wild on the Runway Prada spring 2012 There was tie-dye at Bottega Veneta, vibrant birds-of-paradise prints at Givenchy, Big-Top stripes at Dries Van Noten and polkas, plaids and paisleys at Etro.

Pants on Fire Steve Garbarino 2011

When my sister visits at the hospital the next day bearing birds-of-paradise, I imagine that every mother must feel in these early moments that her child, too, is a rare, exotic creature.

In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

It was dominated, appropriately, by birds-of-paradise and other colorful varieties that matched the array of clerics, academics, and officials in attendance to honor the Mahdi and the “science of waiting” for his return.

Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

Heliconias are related to both birds-of-paradise and bananas!

Heliconia - The Panda's Thumb 2009

She sat at the edge of the white silk couch exquisitely embroidered with birds-of-paradise, and the image I have now is of an angry woman sitting stiff-backed and erect in a cloud of black chiffon, her hair an intricate cocoon of finely spun strands, translucent in the light, as if a chef had taken a blowtorch to sugar and woven threads of the candied filaments through her hair.

The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008

At present, about 14,000 hectares of agricultural land are devoted to flowers, with growers concentrating on 50 different varieties, the most important of which are gladioli, roses, chrysanthemums, carnations, nards and birds-of-paradise.

Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - March 2000 2006

The islands of this ecoregion have been separated from mainland New Guinea since the late Pleistocene, and much of the biota is unique, including four mammal species and two birds-of-paradise.

Trobriand Islands rain forests 2008

She sat at the edge of the white silk couch exquisitely embroidered with birds-of-paradise, and the image I have now is of an angry woman sitting stiff-backed and erect in a cloud of black chiffon, her hair an intricate cocoon of finely spun strands, translucent in the light, as if a chef had taken a blowtorch to sugar and woven threads of the candied filaments through her hair.

The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008

At present, about 14,000 hectares of agricultural land are devoted to flowers, with growers concentrating on 50 different varieties, the most important of which are gladioli, roses, chrysanthemums, carnations, nards and birds-of-paradise.

Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - March 2000 2006

She sat at the edge of the white silk couch exquisitely embroidered with birds-of-paradise, and the image I have now is of an angry woman sitting stiff-backed and erect in a cloud of black chiffon, her hair an intricate cocoon of finely spun strands, translucent in the light, as if a chef had taken a blowtorch to sugar and woven threads of the candied filaments through her hair.

The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008