New banana plant rapidly pupping
 

Hey Guys,

I found a banana plant from a friend's neighbor's house and planted it in the ground about 1 month ago. Since then, the main plant has not had a new leaf yet (seems to be emerging super slow).

However, I have about 6 new pups from this plant that are rapidly growing. I have not seen this rapid growth with any other type of banana that I have so far.

Anyone else seen this or may be able to identify this one? I'll try to take a picture of the neighbors friend's house of the mature plants. The plants in his yard are all tightly together in one huge mat.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hf4ryutb66..._pups.jpg?dl=0

mcfly

Re: New banana plant rapidly pupping
 

The only thing likely to be sending out suckers that far away is Musa itinerans. A
photo of the larger plant will help ID. Strange though that your neighbors is a tight mat and yours is spreading, M. basjoo can sometimes be variable like this, could explain it. Is it possible your neighbors plant is in a confined space?

Re: New banana plant rapidly pupping
 

I just checked this morning, and there appear to be 6-7 pups from this one plant I planted a month ago--insane!

So the house it came from, they have a lot of bananas all together. The ground was hard when I used a shovel to get the one out that I got.

I was able to snap a couple of pictures of the mature ones. See below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6jik5nrpva..._8278.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mqtbpywjw..._8275.jpg?dl=0

mcfly

Re: New banana plant rapidly pupping
 

Wow. Those plants are really dense/packed together. Looks cool. Leaves seem to be pretty vertical.