Bamboo Conne'iseur

After seeing sunsetsammy's beautiful plant, I have decided that this is my next acquisition. If anyone has a pup or plant available, please pm me. I can send out money tomorrow.

D_&_T

WIKI says they grow from seeds, but Inoneear cut one to ground and forced it to sprout / pup

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Steve in France

I got one of mine from Home Depot in last Spring 9 bucks. It's worth a look come Spring , they had a few Musa too , mostly Basjoo. There are a few sites online that do Maurelii , normally they should be pretty cheap as they are a commom TC plant.
Good Luck
Steve

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Always looking for a lost pup

southlatropical

I have one about 2' tall I would consider trading for clumping bamboo, heliconia, BOP, palm, or banana from my wish list. I just cut and pasted this from the list. The price of Maurelli has gone down quite a bit. There were large ones (about 6' tall) at the local nursery in early spring for $125.00. You can order one from stokestropicals right now for $11.98 + shipping (of course much smaller than 6' tall).
http://www.stokestropicals.com/Searc...x?CategoryID=7
Heck, you could get a siam ruby for $34.95.

Musa Kru
Musa Ele Ele - 'Black Hawaiian'
Musa Chini Champa
Musa 'Giant Tanna' albo variegata
Musa uranoscopus - 'Red Flowering Thai'
Musa sikkimensis - 'Daj Giant'
Musa acuminata - 'Siam Ruby'
Ensete glaucum - 'Snow banana'
Ensete ventricosum 'Red Stripe'
Bambusa textilis 'Mutabilis'
Bambusa dolichomerithalla - 'Silverstripe'
Bambusa chungii - 'Tropical Blue Bamboo'
Bambusa chungii - 'Barbelatta'
Bambusa lako - 'Timor Black Bamboo'
Gigantochloa atroviolacea - 'Tropical Black Bamboo'
Dendrocalamus minor 'Amoenus' - 'Ghost Bamboo'
Strelitzia reginae Bird of Paradise
Heliconia schiedeana - 'Hardy Heliconia, Lobster's Claw'
Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata - 'Golden Torch'
Heliconia collinsiana x bourgeana - 'Pedro Ortiz'
Heliconia Lathispatha - 'Orange Gyro'
Heliconia Caribaea - any
Rhapis excelsa - 'Lady Palm'
Rhapidophyllum hystrix - 'Needle Palm'
Phoenix canariensis 'Canary Island Date Palm'
Phoenix dactylifera 'Date palm'
Phoenix reclinata 'Senegal Date Palm'
Phoenix roebelenii - 'Pygmy Date Palm'
Phoenix reclinata X roebelenii
Wodyetia bifurcata 'Foxtail Palm'
Bismarckia nobilis 'Bismarck Palm'
Butia capitata 'Pindo Palm'
X Butiagrus nabonnandii 'Mule Palm'
Chamaedorea cataractarum 'Cat Palm'
Chamaedorea radicalis - 'Radicalis Palm'
Chambeyronia macrocarpa - 'Houailou Red Leaf Palm'
Trachycarpus princeps - 'Stone Gate Palm'
Howea forsteriana - 'Paradis

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natedogg1026

So a Siam Ruby is an acuminata huh? I was wondering.

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Banana's are a safe addiction. Right?Maybe I need classes.

southlatropical

I guess so. Don't be fooled by the list, it's all copied and pasted from the web through hours of researching what will grow in my area (or at least have a chance). And I still don't know much about all the banana groups.

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bananimal

Go with Stokes. They sent me a robust little E M plant. After I whacked the caterpiller it's coming back real strong because of the big root ball. Just check daily for critts on anything you order thru the mail.

Dan

southlatropical

I also highly recommend Stoke's. I got a musa bordelon, Maurelli, and alocasia Calidora from them. They were all nice size healthy plants. Their customer service is also excellent.

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Bamboo Conne'iseur

Thanks to everyone for all the offers. I think I have one coming, and I would like to say I appreciate everyone making offers, and for the speed in doing that.