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Originally Posted by Phyllostachys
Looks to me like sikkimensis, and it would make sense for a shop in BC to sell sikkimensis without knowing what it is.
Morgan Creek Tropicals, one of the main tropical plant wholesale suppliers in BC, has been occasionally been selling Musa sikkimensis without specifying the name in their availability/sales list. I've seen it listed on their list as "Red Tiger Banana", and the vendor confirmed that it was indeed sikkimensis. They sell it (or used to sell it) as an indoor plant, erroneously telling their customers that it couldn't survive outside here.
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Interesting. Maybe sikkimensis matures and develops different characteristics than what is seen here. It definitely doesn't look like the large sikkimensis I saw in Chemainus some years ago. I did receive a small gallon sized plant back then and it didn't look like these. As you state it may be a variety "Red Tiger".