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Species Bananas Discussions of all the different wild species of banana (non edible), an aspect of the hobby that deserves its own section. |
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![]() That's awesome! What were you in Thailand for? Bring anything back?
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![]() I love the look of the 3rd one down. Great photos! Welcome back!
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![]() Yes, they simply huge Ensete superbum! There their native land.
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![]() BEAUTIFUL!
thanks for sharing this. I especially like the one in the 3rd pic but they are all beautiful!
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![]() Nate, it was a student exchange, study abroad, agricultural tour with my university (UT) and Thailand's premier agricultural university, Kasetsart U. We were there for 3 weeks, and it was great! I did bring some things back, including some Thai Ensete superbum seeds.
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![]() Why is it that the things I want to grow always grow better where I am not? Beautiful bananas!
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![]() Thanks for the great pics Frank! Those are beautiful plants. I see no pups - are they only propagated by seed? So it was ensete superbum I saw up in the hills here. Pics as soon as I can get the keys to the jeep and get up there - maybe this pm.
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![]() Wow..those are beautiful.
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![]() Awesome pictures, Frank. I'm sure you had a great time. Keep the pics coming!
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![]() Beautiful pics, Really I like the third one down. Thanks
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![]() Ensetes are normally produced by seeds unless you want to do something "drastic"!
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![]() that drastic is cutting the stem down to the soil and then you have a change (sometimes it goes wrong) that all new pups are pupping out of the corm, right?
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![]() picture from 'Kristof' ( from a dutch forum board)
that happens when you cut the stem down to the ground lots of new pups! ![]()
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![]() Excellent pics Frank.
I have only ever succeeded with getting Ensete Maurelii to pup with the chopping method to get pups. All the green types I have done have not worked ![]() I am currently trying a Glaucum ( again ) at the moment. Frank, Did you see any Variegated Bananas out there?
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From what I've read, this method only works with E. ventricosum. I did see one variegated banana. I think it was an 'AeAe', and it was planted in the ground at a nursery. I have a picture somewhere, I'll try to get it uploaded and posted soon. |
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![]() Great photos, Frank! Do post more when you can!
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![]() Greats shots. That's cool that they are being cultivated over there too. Did it look like they were self seeding flowers/fruit, or pollinated.
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![]() Kyle, not sure about that. There were two in bloom at the same time there, and both had what looked like bananas full of seeds (in the picture you can see them). I think most Ensete have hermaphrodite flowers, so they don't need another flower for pollination, but I'd have to look that up for E. superbum.
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