Anyone care to guess on this house plant?

Hamakua · 02-06-2016, 04:27 PM

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Your first guess might be close. That is pure sugar on the stem BTW

jjjankovsky · 02-06-2016, 05:19 PM

Some kind of heliconia?

Hamakua · 02-06-2016, 05:55 PM

It's a banana, just one not seen very often

Kat2 · 02-06-2016, 05:57 PM

Knowing your location would help in the guessing game I suspect.

chong · 02-06-2016, 06:27 PM

My guess is it's a banana variety, not Heliconia. I don't know if you have Whiteflies in your house, but they feed on the banana sap and leave a sugary residue in their wake. You might want to wash out the sugary residue from the petioles. They are food for sooty mold fungi. They also attract ants who feed on them. Sooty mold fungi reduces fruit quality as well as lessen photosynthesis. I have seen honey-like sugary dew clumps on a lot of my orchid leaves, and a few on banana, when they were in ideal conditions before, though I've never seen them on banana petioles.

Chong

Hamakua · 02-06-2016, 07:48 PM

Location updated.
The leaf stalk emerges with sugar crystals. Very sweet. There are no bugs that I can see anywhere.

Kat2 · 02-06-2016, 08:14 PM

Thanks for updating your profile. I pretty much knew that was a Musa (okay, I've gotten overly excited spotting birds of paradise growing on obviously empty, abandoned land or sitting in the yard of a garden center when driving by at a fast rate) but haven't any idea what you have growing there. Do you know (think you know) or is this a total mystery?

Tytaylor77 · 02-06-2016, 11:31 PM

Ornata? Way the leafs look remind me of Ornata. My guess would be Cavendish? I'm no expert.

a.hulva@coxinet.net · 02-07-2016, 12:16 AM

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Your first guess might be close. That is pure sugar on the stem BTW

Mealy bugs?

Hamakua · 02-07-2016, 01:18 AM

Not bugs, or bug poop. Just very surgary sap that has crystalized.

chong · 02-07-2016, 01:58 AM

Not poop, just saliva residue from bug consumption of the sap.

siege2050 · 02-07-2016, 03:29 AM

Banana, maybe Ornata, or something similar. Not a Heliconia. The white powder might be water that has run out of the leaves and deposited some sugar? I would not lick it until I was sure it was not bug poop, some bugs do poop sugar lol.

siege2050 · 02-07-2016, 03:41 AM

Wild guess, Musa Formosana.

a.hulva@coxinet.net · 02-07-2016, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by chong

Not poop, just saliva residue from bug consumption of the sap.

I have the same issue with a Siam Ruby. The Mealy bugs suck the juice out and convert it to a sugar. They did a big number on the plant. I can't tell for sure without a close up. I sprayed with Bayer 3 in 1 insecticide. Can't hurt. I'll try to post a picture.

a.hulva@coxinet.net · 02-07-2016, 01:41 PM

[quote=a.hulva@coxinet.net;268515]Mealy bug. Pic doesn't show residue.

IMG_3048 by Alan Hulva, on Flickr[/QUOT

IMG_2991 by Alan Hulva, on Flickr

Hamakua · 02-07-2016, 02:37 PM

Not bugs IMO. If you open up the stem picture in the photo gallery you can see a close up. Look down at the bottom. You can see the sap leaking out and sugar crystals forming.

Hamakua · 02-07-2016, 02:47 PM

Some hints:
Bright yellow-green leaves, large chestnut blotching on the stem. In the AA group

JP · 02-07-2016, 03:15 PM

Sucrier?

Hamakua · 02-07-2016, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JP

Sucrier?

Very close, but no cigar yet. This plant will differ from Sucier in only one way.

JP · 02-07-2016, 06:14 PM

It was my best guess... I'll try to find the time to ID it. How will it differ?

02-06-2016, 04:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
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02-06-2016, 07:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Hamakua Location: Santa Cruz, CA Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 181 BananaBucks : 27,143 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 187 Times Was Thanked 324 Times in 108 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 18 Times	Re: Anyone care to guess on this house plant? Location updated. The leaf stalk emerges with sugar crystals. Very sweet. There are no bugs that I can see anywhere. __________________ Currently Growing: Blue Java, FHIA 01, Gros Michelle, Dwarf Orinoco, Maoli Ele Ele, Maoli Manini, Maoli Dwarf Kaualau, Putalinga Kula, Iholena Lele, Iholena Ula Ula, Iholena Iholena, Iholena Kapua, Unknown purple leafed Iholena, Tuu Ghia, Tagomor, Luba, Kokor, Vunumami, Hapai

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Hamakua Location: Santa Cruz, CA Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 181 BananaBucks : 27,143 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 187 Times Was Thanked 324 Times in 108 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 18 Times	Re: Anyone care to guess on this house plant? Not bugs, or bug poop. Just very surgary sap that has crystalized. __________________ Currently Growing: Blue Java, FHIA 01, Gros Michelle, Dwarf Orinoco, Maoli Ele Ele, Maoli Manini, Maoli Dwarf Kaualau, Putalinga Kula, Iholena Lele, Iholena Ula Ula, Iholena Iholena, Iholena Kapua, Unknown purple leafed Iholena, Tuu Ghia, Tagomor, Luba, Kokor, Vunumami, Hapai

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chong Senior Member chong's Photo Gallery Location: Seattle, WA Find me on the map! Zone: 8-9 Name: Chong Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,851 BananaBucks : 116,102 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,309 Times Was Thanked 1,702 Times in 759 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 991 Times	Re: Anyone care to guess on this house plant? Not poop, just saliva residue from bug consumption of the sap.

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02-07-2016, 02:37 PM	#16 (permalink)
Hamakua Location: Santa Cruz, CA Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 181 BananaBucks : 27,143 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 187 Times Was Thanked 324 Times in 108 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 18 Times	Re: Anyone care to guess on this house plant? Not bugs IMO. If you open up the stem picture in the photo gallery you can see a close up. Look down at the bottom. You can see the sap leaking out and sugar crystals forming. __________________ Currently Growing: Blue Java, FHIA 01, Gros Michelle, Dwarf Orinoco, Maoli Ele Ele, Maoli Manini, Maoli Dwarf Kaualau, Putalinga Kula, Iholena Lele, Iholena Ula Ula, Iholena Iholena, Iholena Kapua, Unknown purple leafed Iholena, Tuu Ghia, Tagomor, Luba, Kokor, Vunumami, Hapai

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Hamakua Location: Santa Cruz, CA Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 181 BananaBucks : 27,143 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 187 Times Was Thanked 324 Times in 108 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 18 Times	Re: Anyone care to guess on this house plant? Some hints: Bright yellow-green leaves, large chestnut blotching on the stem. In the AA group __________________ Currently Growing: Blue Java, FHIA 01, Gros Michelle, Dwarf Orinoco, Maoli Ele Ele, Maoli Manini, Maoli Dwarf Kaualau, Putalinga Kula, Iholena Lele, Iholena Ula Ula, Iholena Iholena, Iholena Kapua, Unknown purple leafed Iholena, Tuu Ghia, Tagomor, Luba, Kokor, Vunumami, Hapai

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JP Location: Trois-Rivières, Québec Find me on the map! Zone: 4 Name: JP Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 1,227 BananaBucks : 156,270 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,969 Times Was Thanked 1,694 Times in 817 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 304 Times	Re: Anyone care to guess on this house plant? Sucrier?

02-07-2016, 06:14 PM	#20 (permalink)
JP Location: Trois-Rivières, Québec Find me on the map! Zone: 4 Name: JP Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 1,227 BananaBucks : 156,270 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,969 Times Was Thanked 1,694 Times in 817 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 304 Times	Re: Anyone care to guess on this house plant? It was my best guess... I'll try to find the time to ID it. How will it differ?

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