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Originally Posted by Neukman51
I recently saw a very exquisite "ornamental" banana at the Atlanta Botanical Garden during a recent orchid show...
It caught my eye and interest enough to photgraph it along with the orchids and exhibit of blown glass scultptures. Unfortunately I didn't photogrph it's name plate as I often do with plants that I want to later research. But I offer the above as a possibility. |
Thats actually a Heliconia.
Does anyone know if ornamental and edible bananas can be hybridized to produce seedless offspring? Can you imagine pink skinned bananas with orange flesh and red-splotched leaves? I do and maybe one day, someone will create such a variety through hybridizing although it would take years or decades. These characteristics do exist in current bananas varieties, but not all in one plant.
As for the Siam Ruby, there is another site besides TyTy that mentions that the fruit was edible. If I come across it again, I'll link it here.