Bananas.org - My Musa repository in Gainesville, FL

Ok, well not really...it's my folks' yard, lol. They have about 2 1/2 acres though, and Mom has let me plant whatever I want down there. Some plants were planted last year and are already big, while others were just planted last week. I look forward to how it looks in a year or so! Here's the link to the album, followed by a few pics.

Banana Gallery - Mom's House in Gainesville, FL

I think this is Musa acuminata subsp. siamea, but could be wrong.

Musa itinerans 'India Form' seems to be able to take the direct sun and heat of Northern FL just fine.

I sprouted this from seed, labeled as Musa nagensium from Europalms. I have my doubts, and think it looks more like M. cheesmani.

The pseudostems are very nicely colored.

This is M. banksii from Quensland, Australia. This is the true, yellow-flowered form, not the purple-flowered form that one can find here sometimes. I was pretty surprised that it has done so well here! I thought that it might not even make it through last winter, much less come back so strong. Might even get a flower here in a couple of years?

I'm convinced that there is more than one distinct form of M. velutina (dasycarpa), and this is the smaller form.

This M. laterita mat is so fast-growing, it's ridiculous!

Pretty good-sized pseudostems on it now.

This bud is massive...bigger than my hand!

This was bought as M. nagensium 'Floral Noir' from sunshineseeds.com. Very attractive Musa!

The pseudostems are gorgeous.

All the other stuff is really small, since it was just planted. I still have yet to plant M. siamea, M. formosana, M. voilascens, and a few others that I just didn't have time to stick in the ground. Next spring!

Frank