Ensete ventricosum - Abyssinian Banana - In San Diego, CA.
By Delonix1
24 Oct, 2009
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A small Abyssinian banana. LOL! Yes, it's taller than the house. Photo taken today (Oct. 23, 2009). This plant is about 25 feet / 7.6 meters or taller.
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Aleyna:
It is only an ornamental...no bananas.
26 Oct, 2009
Very nice all the same :-)
26 Oct, 2009
Its a Beauty, i noticed the leave's are Serrated is this normal or is it the wind?
26 Oct, 2009
Youngdaisydee:
The leaves are just torn -- which is normal due to the wind.
26 Oct, 2009
Wow, I was totally amazed!! This is enormous!!! Blxxdy brilliant Delonix!!!
2 Oct, 2011
Thanks! :>)
It can grow to more than 30ft/10m here.
2 Oct, 2011
Just incredible!
2 Oct, 2011
Thanks! :>)
3 Oct, 2011
No way would you get a red banana to grow to this size, ours have reached over 6 ft but the leaves grow very wide and look more beautiful, less shredded.
10 Aug, 2014
The leaves on this plant are much larger than you can imagine (the photo doesn't show it off). The leaves tend to get shredded when they grow very tall like this one (that's pretty much on any banana). The strong, very hot, dry Santa Ana Winds do a lot of damage from fall - early spring.
Most likely this banana is dead now. Ensete only lives for about 4 years in the ground then blooms and dies.
11 Aug, 2014
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I'm wondering bout the size of the bananas...
25 Oct, 2009