Last April (2012) I was given a very, very sick banana with the name "red" attached to it. However it was so sickly that all the color was gone, just pale green and yellow. Well it continued to deteriorate no matter what I did; it was infested with ants and aphids, the leaves turned brown and crispy but I continued to hang on to the plant, cutting back and repotting until earlier this month I was all but ready to admit defeat. But there was one last reprieve because I was too busy to dispose of what was left so the pot continued to sit on the deck.
But lo and behold there was still a spark and look what I found a couple of days ago.....
Now the big question is what exactly is it? I am suspecting red abyssinian
ensete ventricosum but the leaves look different from the one I already have. Or is it just that it is so young and only 4" tall?