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Old 08-12-2015, 04:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Red banana

That figures, just another pretty face! Well I'll grow this as an ornamental then.

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Originally Posted by siege2050 View Post
Yep, the only way to get this color is though Cloning, or some people cut the stem down far enough to damage the growing point, then the plant responds by putting out a bunch of suckers that have to be removed and rooted. This does kill the mother plant though. This method does not work on the other ensete species, or rarely works.

Did you wait until flowering or did you randomly cut back the mother plant? Are these technically clones or pups? I know pups don't always have the same color as the mother plant but if they are true clones they might.
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