Red Abyssinian Ensete Maurelii on pot - Page 2

Chironex · 01-10-2009, 03:06 AM

That's Great news!!!

saltydad · 01-10-2009, 03:09 AM

Beautiful! However I'd worry about that new tender growth if this winter continues it's surprises and dumps more real cold weather on you down there.

Lagniappe · 03-25-2009, 09:20 PM

O.K....Nearly all of the Maurelii are up with a few leaves each but no sign of EV yet

The E.Glaucum are still dormant, as usual, and this could be the case with the EV as well. I'll post back in a week or so.

ContractorChat · 03-25-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by v1rtu0s1ty

Where did you buy it? Can you post a picture please?

Also, for people who have owned them, how do they look like when young? This way, if for example, I buy from ebay, I'll be able to tell that they're really maurelii.

Thanks!

I have both here at my house in pots, i will try to post some pics of them side by side, i also was confused about the two, but they are night and day different.

Bama Banana · 04-03-2009, 11:51 PM

My red abyssinian was left with no protection in the ground this winter. Lowest temp we saw was 19.8. It died back to the pseudostem. Now it already on its third leaf this year. My snow banana ensete is just now putting out its first leaf.

Lagniappe · 04-03-2009, 11:58 PM

Ventricosum are pushing leaves!!! I'm amazed, they were very small.
Still no growth from E.Glaucum. It occurred to me that my Glaucum is in an area that is shaded for part of the day. This probably has a lot do with it.

ContractorChat · 05-11-2009, 08:10 PM

Not sure if this will answer the question on telling these two apart, but here is one of each, or so they had been labeled when i purchased them.

Left is the Ensete maurelii

Right is Ensete ventricosum

Both of these took some cold temps down to the mid-20's this year. Both are very slow growers as compared to the Musa. Mine are both in 90% shade, so that might explain the slow growth?

Lagniappe · 05-11-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ContractorChat

Not sure if this will answer the question on telling these two apart, but here is one of each, or so they had been labeled when i purchased them.

Left is the Ensete maurelii

Right is Ensete ventricosum

Both of these took some cold temps down to the mid-20's this year. Both are very slow growers as compared to the Musa. Mine are both in 90% shade, so that might explain the slow growth?

Those haven't left the wake zone yet. Give them a few weeks and you'll be surprized by the growth.

STERLING · 05-11-2009, 09:37 PM

Now i am a complete newbie at this but I read that Maurellis liked sun the more sun the more red on the leaves, I could be wrong of course. I bought an Abysinnian Red it's growing super fast just in a month and now its nearly 3 feet tall.. PS got it at Lowes $19.00 here is a pic of it last month when i bought it
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here it is last week (sorry 2 different picture angels so you can't see the growth that well)
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ContractorChat · 05-11-2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lagniappe

Those haven't left the wake zone yet. Give them a few weeks and you'll be surprized by the growth.

i imagine the red would be twice as big, however the freaking squirrels started eating the heck outta the reds as soon as the winter came, i tryed everything to keep them off to know avail. that red in the photo was eaten down to almost nothing and has come back strong. stupid tree rats!!

TheRenaissanceMan · 10-07-2022, 05:03 PM

I have two in bloom right now. Mine grew to about 16 feet tall in less than two years. I purchased plugs grown from tissue culture. Mine are super fast growing. In fact, in my nursery they keep exploding their pots because I cannot keep up with them.

I have uploaded photos of one of my murelii from the spring, and the flower that recently emerged.

Follow Up: I am sorry. I keep trying to upload photos and it says they are uploading and then I never see them. I will keep trying.

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