View Full Version : Ensete Maurellii (Red) Post up your pics!
ContractorChat
03-24-2009, 03:28 PM
I have a few 2-gallon plants i got and have read that these can get up to 18 tall??? Does anyone here have some really large ones that they can show off to the group?
I was planning on planting mine in full sun, but someone told me that it will lose its red color if i do so.
Anyhow, show off your pictures!! I want to see how big these guys really get.
:waving:
just j
03-24-2009, 04:15 PM
full sun will increase the red color
Lagniappe
03-24-2009, 04:36 PM
Full sun will reduce the intense red but nutrition and ph may have a great deal to do with it as well.
Mine start out a very dark red with purple and become more green at 6'-7' .
john_ny
03-24-2009, 05:01 PM
I don't know about Maurelli, (I am just growing these for the first time this year) but, over the years we have produced 150,000 Japanese Maple seedlings, and the more sun the red ones get, the redder they are.
Lagniappe
03-24-2009, 05:10 PM
Mine start out like this :
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13515&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13515&ppuser=766)
And end up like so :
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=12510&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12510&ppuser=766)
The fact that I don't fertilize may also have an important role in this.
Lagniappe
03-24-2009, 05:18 PM
In regards to size, mine reach a ceiling and stay there. they're the same heigth for me every year. They're size seems to be pre-determined.
Here's a pic of my largest one (since Gustav knocked out my other largest ones):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14787&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14787&ppuser=766)
Figure another 5'-8' for leaves!
Here it is today:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16271&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16271&ppuser=766)
Overgrown
03-25-2009, 12:52 AM
here's mine... next to pisang klotek on the left and hawaiian apple on the right.. the apple has since been knocked down (dog mishap).
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/Curves4s/PisangKlotekRedMusaandhawaiianapple.jpg
alpha010
03-25-2009, 05:13 AM
Mine start out like this :
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13515&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13515&ppuser=766)
And end up like so :
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=12510&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12510&ppuser=766)
The fact that I don't fertilize may also have an important role in this.
....And, it looks like you don't need to fertilize. I wish stuff would grow like that in my clay.
Shaggy
Bananaman88
03-25-2009, 06:14 AM
Here is a link that someone else posted here recently of a guy in Germany growing Ensete. You'll get an idea of how large they can grow. By the way, my experience is the same as Petes: after an extent, more sun seems to actually make them lose color. Not what I would have expected. Here's the link I mentioned: Bilder 2007 (http://www.bananenhobby.de/Bilder2008.htm)
john_ny
03-25-2009, 07:21 AM
Wow, Brent. That guy in the link has got some stuff. I can't believe the size of that fig.
Lagniappe
03-25-2009, 09:40 AM
It occurred to me yesterday that someone mentioned that temperature was a factor in Maurelii's color. I believe Steveinfrance had mentioned that they stay darker in Europe because of this. That being the case, People with more mild summer heat may have different experiences than us in the deep South.
Bananaman88
03-25-2009, 12:31 PM
Wow, Brent. That guy in the link has got some stuff. I can't believe the size of that fig.
Yeah, I was impressed by several things on his site.
Yeah, I was impressed by several things on his site.
Oh I think we all were!..............
just j
03-25-2009, 08:03 PM
wow, wow, hopefully this summer my ensetes will be that big and look nice and dark love those pics
ContractorChat
03-25-2009, 09:21 PM
wow thanks for that link!! This was my favorite pic!! Im ready to plant mine in the ground now!! :woohoonaner:
http://www.bananenhobby.de/2008-08-07.jpg
austinl01
03-25-2009, 09:44 PM
Impressive photos! Very nice, everyone.
Bananaman88
03-26-2009, 09:02 AM
wow thanks for that link!! This was my favorite pic!! Im ready to plant mine in the ground now!! :woohoonaner:
http://www.bananenhobby.de/2008-08-07.jpg
What a coincidence! That was my favorite photo as well. Two beauties for the price of one.
What a coincidence! That was my favorite photo as well. Two beauties for the price of one.
Yeah Brent those yellow flowers caught my eye as well.
just j
03-26-2009, 09:37 AM
hey bob im sure the flowers r what caught your eye lol or maybe it was the hot girl in the hot plant ha ha
Tog Tan
03-26-2009, 10:29 AM
Yeah Brent those yellow flowers caught my eye as well.
Very lame excuse, try again...:ha:
hey bob im sure the flowers r what caught your eye lol or maybe it was the hot girl in the hot plant ha ha
I agree! :ha:
hey bob im sure the flowers r what caught your eye lol or maybe it was the hot girl in the hot plant ha ha
Very lame excuse, try again...:ha:
I agree! :ha:
Both of you Wrong, wrong ,wrong ...:drum:......since I have my own little E.M. I just chose to ignore the larger one in the photo:ha::ha::ha:!
And I really do like the yellow flowers.
Bananaman88
03-26-2009, 11:36 AM
What yellow flowers? Her hair is obviously black!
OK, I'm going to stop now because I don't want to alienate any of our wonderful female members. We've kept it tasteful up to this point, even if we did wander off topic, so let's quit while we're ahead.
Tog Tan
03-26-2009, 12:12 PM
What yellow flowers? Her hair is obviously black!
OK, I'm going to stop now because I don't want to alienate any of our wonderful female members. We've kept it tasteful up to this point, even if we did wander off topic, so let's quit while we're ahead.
Just say it Brent, the Hijack Cartel is all ready to jump in anytime. We will take the blame and proclaim you innocent. I am sure Bob is itchin' to go....:ha:
Ok, 'nuff's nuff..so stand down and check out other threads to be whacked.. Let's go guys and gal (ya know hooo)
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