Bananas and Aroids: A Match Made on Aroidia!
 

Bananas and Aroids: A Match Made on Aroidia! By LariAnn Garner
Imagine my surprise when I discovered a real aroid plant that looked very much like a banana plant! Well, when I first laid eyes on Typhonodorum lindleyanum, I was thoroughly amazed and knew immediately that I had to have one. Turns out that they need to grow with their roots in water, and they do even better if the water they are in is a weak fertilizer solution.....
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Aroids of the imagination VIII - Bananas and Aroids: A Match Made on Aroidia!

Re: Bananas and Aroids: A Match Made on Aroidia!
 

Looks like a big elephant ear on stalk :^) I think Vicki was looking for one of those.

Re: Bananas and Aroids: A Match Made on Aroidia!
 

That's cool but it doesn't look too much different than my elderly alocasia calidora, which has quite a stalk now too.

Re: Bananas and Aroids: A Match Made on Aroidia!
 

Seeds sometimes available at www.rareplants.de ... where nature is at home !