Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-03-2023, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Unusual DC
I have and the new leaves from the plant are looking much better.
The plant came from a home in northern BC where it lived in a dark corner and never got outside so it was rather pale and very...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-03-2023, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 439
Unusual DC
I wanted to share some photos of a DC that was given to me.
The plant never received proper care prior to me getting it but I did manage to bring it around. I got it this past spring and now its...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-18-2019, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 999
Views: 124,894
Re: What did you harvest today (other plants)?
Case in point, when I hit submit reply for what I just responded I got this message (and I get it alot):
This page isn’t working Bananas.org - International Banana Society (http://www.bananas.org)...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-18-2019, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 999
Views: 124,894
Re: What did you harvest today (other plants)?
Unfortunately I have windows 10. I did find a way of rotating the image once I had uploaded it but that either caused the site to crash or the thumbnail to disappear.
I unfortunately have a lot of...
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Forum: Other Plants
09-17-2019, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 999
Views: 124,894
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-19-2019, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,248
Re: Dwarf banana plant in Canada
Depends upon what type of "dwarf" you are looking for - check out Home Depot and Canadian Tire as almost always have DC (Dwarf Cavendish) but they will be listed as either "tropical plant" or...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-02-2019, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 954
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
09-14-2018, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,570
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Forum: Other Plants
08-08-2018, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,753
Re: Voodoo lily question
They do look like sauromatum venosum and I'd say they're starting to wind down for the season. Once the leaves start going, the stalks will wilt and they will die right back until spring.
Your zone...
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Forum: Other Plants
08-08-2018, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,753
Re: Voodoo lily question
Which "voodoo lily" are you referring to?
Amorphophallus konjac, Sauromatum venosum, Amorphophallus bulbifer, Dracunculus vulgaris......?
Can you provide as photo?
There are many plants that go by...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
07-25-2018, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,064
Re: looking for variegated banana
Thanks, I've looked on eBay but unfortunately the ones available right now are coming from Thailand and I can not bring them into Canada - I can however, legally drive one across the border which is...
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Forum: Banana Plants Wanted
07-25-2018, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,064
looking for variegated banana
I have been looking a long time for a variegated of banana - ae ae, florida, ??? - but have been unable to locate any. Does anyone out there have any available?
I live in Canada but do have access...
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Forum: Other Plants
06-04-2018, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 2,532
Views: 308,576
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-30-2018, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,208
Re: Musa Basjoo in Canada
Nothing listed but I know he had a whole list of plants that he had available from other vendors - this was in 2013 but I'm sure he still has his sources for importing (the plants he brought in for...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-30-2018, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,208
Re: Musa Basjoo in Canada
I actually bought a couple (as if I really needed any more) last summer on clearance from Walmart, with a 4ft foot stem, for $10 each
Perhaps m. basjoo are so common in BC (Vancouver) is because...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
05-24-2018, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,208
Re: Musa Basjoo in Canada
As this is the most common variety available in Canada, I'd check out your local Canadian Tire, Walmart or Home Depot.
Otherwise you can do mail order from a number of sources but the plants would be...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-03-2018, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 2,532
Views: 308,576
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Forum: Tiki Hut
04-24-2018, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 16,794
Re: Rant of the Day..
Upper 60's sounds nice right now - we are still dropping to low 40's at night with a high only into the mid-50's during the day.......but I've taught my plants to be hardy and even my boston ferns...
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Forum: Other Plants
03-16-2018, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,936
Re: Jujube
Mine is Li Black Sea Jujube (zizyphus jujube) and I have just the one tree which has produced fruit for the last couple of years - and I know there are no other trees around.
Therefore I think its...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-23-2018, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,515
Re: World's Most Dangerous Plant
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Deppea+splendens&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=Dendrocnide+moroides&_sacat=0
Not sure how difficult it is to get seeds...
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Forum: Other Plants
02-23-2018, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,515
Re: World's Most Dangerous Plant
Here is another dangerous plant that is very invasive: Daphne laureola, commonly called spurge-laurel but it is neither spurge nor a laurel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_laureola
"Toxins are...
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Forum: Other Plants
01-31-2018, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,145
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Forum: Other Plants
01-29-2018, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,145
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Forum: Other Plants
01-22-2018, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,145
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Forum: Other Plants
11-16-2016, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,580
Re: Passion flower going crazy in November
It'll be interesting to see how long they will continue to flower in the greenhouse.
We are just now getting temps of 5C at night but my Passiflora caerulea (which is growing over an arbor in the...
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