When are Strelitzia seed pods ready to harvest?

[Brian]

I have a few Strelitzia reginae “Mandela’s Gold” that I pollinated a few months ago and the first seed pods look like they are ready to harvest. Do any of you guys know if this seed pod is ready to harvest? Thanks
 

[gyuseppe]

when the seeds are fully ripe, the pod opens by itself!
you just have to wait for the seeds to ripen they take about 3 months here

in this photo together with butiagrus, I have many in the garden

[gyuseppe]

others
these days I have collected about 50 seeds of giant bird of paradise (strelitzia nicolai)

I don't pollinate them, they are pollinated by bees

[Brian]

Thanks for advising me to wait until they open. After about 2 weeks, two of the pollinated pods opened up. I harvested about 30 seeds from those two pods and I’m waiting on another 4 pods to ripen and open up. 

[gyuseppe]

Hello Brian  and good news!
 it's starting to get a bit warm here, yesterday I saw 2 bees on a flower, they're starting to pollinate, here it usually takes them 2 months to germinate

[Mazat]

On 23.2.2025 at 04:22, gyuseppe said:

andere
in diesen Tagen habe ich etwa 50 Samen von Riesen-Paradiesvogel (Strelitzia nicolai) gesammelt

Ich bestäube sie nicht, sie werden von Bienen bestäubt

Beautiful plants, Gyuseppe.

how low temperatures can they tolerate ?

When does damage start to occur?

[gyuseppe]

Hello Mazat

They can withstand -4 degrees Celsius without damage, but when they are small they can only withstand -2 degrees Celsius

they can only be grown in southern Italy, not in northern Italy