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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:18 pm   Post subject: Banana I.D.


Labeled at nursery as dwarf banana tree
can anyone be more specific? thanks


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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:06 pm   Post subject:


Hmmm... it reminds me of a canna that I have.

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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:01 pm   Post subject:


Although I can find pictures on the net of banana flowers just like yours Jon I can't find either a common or Latin name for the variety. Sad People seem to post the photographs but perhaps don't know the type of banana plant they have.

Now for a little bit of trivial informnation. Wink

Did you know that a banana tree isn't a tree at all? The 'trunk/stem' is actually a pseudostem made of each of the banana plant's leave sheaths. So you see it is technically a plant.
Told you it was trivial info. Razz


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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:50 pm   Post subject:


Thanks for the help. ill dig a little deeper. if i come up with something ill definitely post it!

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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:59 pm   Post subject:


Musa Velutina, in case anyone wants to know Wink

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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:00 pm   Post subject:


very cool! I've never seen one of those... or at least I haven't seen it when it puts on fruit.

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