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.

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 :

And end up like so :

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):

Figure another 5'-8' for leaves!
Here it is today:

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).

alpha010 · 03-25-2009, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Lagniappe

Mine start out like this :

And end up like so :

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

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

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Originally Posted by john_ny

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.

Bob · 03-25-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Bananaman88

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!!

austinl01 · 03-25-2009, 09:44 PM

Impressive photos! Very nice, everyone.

Bananaman88 · 03-26-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ContractorChat

wow thanks for that link!! This was my favorite pic!! Im ready to plant mine in the ground now!!

What a coincidence! That was my favorite photo as well. Two beauties for the price of one.

Bob · 03-26-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Bananaman88

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

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Originally Posted by Bob

Yeah Brent those yellow flowers caught my eye as well.

Very lame excuse, try again...

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Originally Posted by just j

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!

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