Red banana plant ID

garymc · 07-08-2020, 05:24 AM

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

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

luisport · 07-08-2020, 05:53 AM

Hi! It's ensete ventricosum maurelii ...

garymc · 07-08-2020, 06:22 AM

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

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Originally Posted by garymc

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

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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07-08-2020, 05:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
garymc Location: Sikeston, Missouri Find me on the map! Zone: 7 Name: GaryMc Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 34 BananaBucks : 6,718 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 26 Times in 17 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Red banana plant ID [IMG][/IMG] Here's an earlier picture before the cannas grew up around it.

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07-08-2020, 06:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
garymc Location: Sikeston, Missouri Find me on the map! Zone: 7 Name: GaryMc Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 34 BananaBucks : 6,718 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 26 Times in 17 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Red banana plant ID Is that a variety that would bear edible bananas in a tropical climate? And how would I propagate it?

07-08-2020, 06:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
garymc Location: Sikeston, Missouri Find me on the map! Zone: 7 Name: GaryMc Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 34 BananaBucks : 6,718 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 26 Times in 17 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	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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