Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana

rsieminski · 05-20-2006, 09:19 AM

Wadda ya think, she's a beaut aye? Just check out that DEEP RED color!

RED ABYSSINIAN BANANA

RED ABYSSINIAN BANANA

Purchased from Wellspring Gardens:
http://www.wellspringgardens.org/servlet/StoreFront
or on ebay:
http://stores.ebay.com/Wellspring-Gardens

momoese · 05-20-2006, 09:41 AM

They are showing up all over the place in my hood these days. Kinda like Rose bushes in the 50's-60's. It will get some nice color as it grows larger.

devildog805 · 05-20-2006, 11:27 AM

Nice I just started some from seed. I can't wait til mine start growing.

Sodak · 05-20-2006, 11:24 PM

Very Nice. Was it that big when you received it?

rsieminski · 05-20-2006, 11:30 PM

No, it's 6 mos old. When I got it, it was 12in tall. The whole point is that they sold me a very healthy Abyssinian Banana, when what I paid for was the RED var of this plant. It is supposed to have this beautiful RED coloring on the top side of the leaves, kinda like a Black Knight Canna. This one obviously does not.

RED Abyssinian Banana will NOT come true from seeds. It has to be from a TC.

devildog805 · 05-21-2006, 01:37 AM

Damn and I just planted some red abyssinian seeds. Oh well

Sodak · 05-21-2006, 08:54 PM

Yeah, the red would be nice, but it's still a beautiful plant.

jbsobe · 05-20-2008, 03:20 PM

Hey,
I read somewhere that ensete are not always true since they are planted from seed. the 'red' is a mutation that can't be guaranteed in seeds even though the 'mother' plant is red.... i don't know that much about them though. I've been looking for one that's like yours (not red) and they're not that popular. i think it's giant abyssinian banana or ensete ventricosum. the red is ensete ventricosum moreli??

mm4birds · 05-20-2008, 07:53 PM

I was just at a local garden center here in New York, and in the aquatic center they had beautiful plants of ensette maurelli growing in water plantings along with papyrus and other water plants. Nobody knew what the plants were and when asked they said the plants have been thriving in the water ponds for the past month. Has anybody heard of growing these plants with the plants roots almost totally submerged in water?

Dean W. · 05-20-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mm4birds

I was just at a local garden center here in New York, and in the aquatic center they had beautiful plants of ensette maurelli growing in water plantings along with papyrus and other water plants. Nobody knew what the plants were and when asked they said the plants have been thriving in the water ponds for the past month. Has anybody heard of growing these plants with the plants roots almost totally submerged in water?

There is a thread around here that talks about bananas being used as water plants. I'll look for it.

Dean W. · 05-21-2008, 12:02 AM

Here's the link talking about Bananas as waterplants Bananas as waterplants???

damaclese · 05-21-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by mm4birds

I was just at a local garden center here in New York, and in the aquatic center they had beautiful plants of ensette maurelli growing in water plantings along with papyrus and other water plants. Nobody knew what the plants were and when asked they said the plants have been thriving in the water ponds for the past month. Has anybody heard of growing these plants with the plants roots almost totally submerged in water?

there was a hole thread on that vary subject last week it appears and this was the consensus of chong and gab that yes they can grow in water but its not ideal here is the link to the thread Bananas as waterplants???

damaclese · 05-21-2008, 10:04 AM

sorry Dean i should read more before i post i dint see your comments heheh duhhhh some times I'm so dens

tophersmith · 05-21-2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by devildog805

Nice I just started some from seed. I can't wait til mine start growing.

Hey devildog, I wasn't aware that Ensete Maurelii has seeds. Where did you buy them? SemperFi

Mark Hall · 05-22-2008, 12:00 PM

I have never seen seeds of Maurelii, Montbeliardii or Hiniba for sale. They must flower somewhere in the world.

We have started getting dinky little maureliis in our garden centres this year really cheap $6 for a 8" plant along with Zebrinas and Dwarf Cavs.

It has started people selling them on ebay for a few pence more just to try and make a profit.

05-20-2006, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
rsieminski Member rsieminski's Photo Gallery Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 85 BananaBucks : 2,549 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana Wadda ya think, she's a beaut aye? Just check out that DEEP RED color! RED ABYSSINIAN BANANA RED ABYSSINIAN BANANA Purchased from Wellspring Gardens: http://www.wellspringgardens.org/servlet/StoreFront or on ebay: http://stores.ebay.com/Wellspring-Gardens

05-20-2006, 09:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
momoese Organic Mechanic momoese's Photo Gallery Location: West Los Angeles CA Find me on the map! Zone: zone 10 Name: Mitchel Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,953 BananaBucks : 28,567 Feedback: 9 / 100% Thanks: 32 Thanked 371 Times in 200 Posts Welcomes: 91	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana They are showing up all over the place in my hood these days. Kinda like Rose bushes in the 50's-60's. It will get some nice color as it grows larger. __________________ Mitchel

05-20-2006, 11:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
devildog805 Member devildog805's Photo Gallery Location: Oceanside,CA(Currently in the Sandbox) Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 80 BananaBucks : 500 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana Nice I just started some from seed. I can't wait til mine start growing.

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Sodak Northern Grower Location: Black Hills, Dakota Territory Zone: 5A Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 104 BananaBucks : 1,337 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana Very Nice. Was it that big when you received it?

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rsieminski Member rsieminski's Photo Gallery Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 85 BananaBucks : 2,549 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana No, it's 6 mos old. When I got it, it was 12in tall. The whole point is that they sold me a very healthy Abyssinian Banana, when what I paid for was the RED var of this plant. It is supposed to have this beautiful RED coloring on the top side of the leaves, kinda like a Black Knight Canna. This one obviously does not. RED Abyssinian Banana will NOT come true from seeds. It has to be from a TC.

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05-21-2006, 01:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
devildog805 Member devildog805's Photo Gallery Location: Oceanside,CA(Currently in the Sandbox) Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 80 BananaBucks : 500 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana Damn and I just planted some red abyssinian seeds. Oh well

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Sodak Northern Grower Location: Black Hills, Dakota Territory Zone: 5A Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 104 BananaBucks : 1,337 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana Yeah, the red would be nice, but it's still a beautiful plant.

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jbsobe Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 BananaBucks : 128 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana Hey, I read somewhere that ensete are not always true since they are planted from seed. the 'red' is a mutation that can't be guaranteed in seeds even though the 'mother' plant is red.... i don't know that much about them though. I've been looking for one that's like yours (not red) and they're not that popular. i think it's giant abyssinian banana or ensete ventricosum. the red is ensete ventricosum moreli??

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mm4birds mm4birds's Photo Gallery Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 128 BananaBucks : 1,569 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana I was just at a local garden center here in New York, and in the aquatic center they had beautiful plants of ensette maurelli growing in water plantings along with papyrus and other water plants. Nobody knew what the plants were and when asked they said the plants have been thriving in the water ponds for the past month. Has anybody heard of growing these plants with the plants roots almost totally submerged in water?

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Mark Hall Mark Mark Hall's Photo Gallery Location: Windsor u.k. Find me on the map! Name: Mark Hall Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 415 BananaBucks : 4,820 Feedback: 1 / 100% Thanks: 83 Thanked 57 Times in 35 Posts Welcomes: 2	Re: Hey Everyone Check Out My Red Abyssinian Banana I have never seen seeds of Maurelii, Montbeliardii or Hiniba for sale. They must flower somewhere in the world. We have started getting dinky little maureliis in our garden centres this year really cheap $6 for a 8" plant along with Zebrinas and Dwarf Cavs. It has started people selling them on ebay for a few pence more just to try and make a profit. __________________ Time Flies like an Arrow.....Fruit flies like a Banana.

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