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garymc

07-08-2020 05:24 AM

Red banana plant ID

This red, short, thick banana plant was given to me last fall. It spent the winter in a greenhouse and I put it in the ground in May. The person who gave it to me said he hadn't seen it have pups. I'm wondering what it is and how to propagate it. [IMG]

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garymc

07-08-2020 05:27 AM

Re: Red banana plant ID

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[/IMG] Here's an earlier picture before the cannas grew up around it.

luisport

07-08-2020 05:53 AM

Re: Red banana plant ID

Hi! It's ensete ventricosum maurelii ... :03:

garymc

07-08-2020 06:22 AM

Re: Red banana plant ID

Is that a variety that would bear edible bananas in a tropical climate? And how would I propagate it?

luisport

07-08-2020 06:24 AM

Re: Red banana plant ID

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Originally Posted by garymc (Post 332551)

Is that a variety that would bear edible bananas in a tropical climate? And how would I propagate it?

Hi! No it's just ornamental variety. It can be propagated by pups...

garymc

07-08-2020 06:48 AM

Re: Red banana plant ID

I just looked it up on the Missouri Botanical Garden website. The article said it is unlikely to produce suckers. I doubt that I will be seeing it produce seeds, so I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to get one of those unlikely suckers, like damage a root or something?

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