gitano
12-31-2009, 03:12 PM
Hello, banana lovers!
I recently volunteered to take over management of my employers lobby rainforest display. We have some banana species I was hoping you could identify for me, so that I can better provide for their needs.
The banana cluster is probably 10-12 feet high, but since I'm not a banana species connoisseur, I really wasn't sure which aspects might help identify them. I did notice that the area where the leaves meet the stem is flat like a palm tree, instead of tubular like the banana trees I've seen before. I took lots of pictures to help ID.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28403&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28403)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28396&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28396)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28397&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28397)
I also noticed a mysterious substance on the leaves.. There is a sticky, black underlayer speckled with fuzzy white particles. I have no idea whether this is normal for a banana tree, but I've sure never seen anything like it before so I suspect it may be some sort of banana tree affliction.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28398&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28398)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28402&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28402)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28401&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28401)
Anyone who could point me in the right direction to identify this species, or (even better!) point me in the direction for where I could find information on their care, or (best yet!) disclose what the mysterious affliction might be, I would be much in your debt!
I recently volunteered to take over management of my employers lobby rainforest display. We have some banana species I was hoping you could identify for me, so that I can better provide for their needs.
The banana cluster is probably 10-12 feet high, but since I'm not a banana species connoisseur, I really wasn't sure which aspects might help identify them. I did notice that the area where the leaves meet the stem is flat like a palm tree, instead of tubular like the banana trees I've seen before. I took lots of pictures to help ID.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28403&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28403)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28396&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28396)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28397&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28397)
I also noticed a mysterious substance on the leaves.. There is a sticky, black underlayer speckled with fuzzy white particles. I have no idea whether this is normal for a banana tree, but I've sure never seen anything like it before so I suspect it may be some sort of banana tree affliction.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28398&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28398)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28402&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28402)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28401&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28401)
Anyone who could point me in the right direction to identify this species, or (even better!) point me in the direction for where I could find information on their care, or (best yet!) disclose what the mysterious affliction might be, I would be much in your debt!