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Ensete ventricosum - Abyssinian Banana and Musa zebrina - Blood Banana


 Ensete ventricosum - Abyssinian Banana and Musa zebrina - Blood Banana (Ensete ventricosum - Abyssinian banana and Musa zebrina - Blood banana)

Abyssinian banana and Blood banana in a San Diego neighborhood. Photo taken Oct. 23, 2009. This plant is about 12 feet / 3.6 meters tall.



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THat abyssinian is so much larger than the Musa. :- o

24 Oct, 2009

 

This puts ours to shame !!....:o))

24 Oct, 2009

 

Greenthumb:

Yes, it is much larger...however, blood banana is s small variety
it only grows to 7 feet...many varieties of banana grow to 20 feet
or taller : > )

Mushybanna:

This is the smaller one I posted...look at the larger one
posted...it's more than double this size.

24 Oct, 2009

 

Beautiful structure..........

24 Oct, 2009

 

Milky:

Yes, it has a beautiful structure with many leaves.

26 Oct, 2009

 

Oh WoW Delonix, that is a Belta lol.. I could never get mine to anywhere near this height.. I wish.. Id be happy for it to survive winter :)

26 Oct, 2009

 

Youngdaisydee:

Thanks! I'm sure your plant will do very well.

Actually, this Ensete is less than half the size of the
previous posted Ensete. I guess it appears larger
because it doesn't have a lot of other plants around it.

26 Oct, 2009




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