I just purchases one banana seeds from canadian tire ( ya i never thought i would see them there ever myself). Now, they are labeled musa ensete, shich to my knowledge are 2 totaly different types of banana. It says the plants only get to 5 feet, whick leads me to belive that they are probably musa acuminata. There are large seeds. Ills ee if i can post a pic soon.
Yeah, but E. maurelii grows much taller than 5'. So either the packet's got wrong info, or you've got a seeded Musa that's masquerading as an Ensete. If that's the case, they're most likely to be M. acuminata or M. sikkimensis.
I had a acuminata a few weeks ago before i moved....., the leaves look nothing like this, but based on the pack, It liiks like either musa basjoo, if it is a musa, but im more leaving toward ensete. Ive seen alot of these plants for sale as an indoor plant. Can anyone take a guess based on the pic on the package????
E. maurelii is close, as are Musa basjoo and Musa sikkimensis. If you could post a pic of the seeds it would actually be easier to ID the plant.
OK, those are Ensete seeds. That narrows you down, and with the pic on the pack, I'd say E. maurelii, and they've got their height information wrong.
Perhaps if you grow it in a container and prune it or its roots in some way, it could stunt the growth (similar to that of bonsai.) That's a question ^.^
Doesn't work that way with Bananas; they're not trees. They're big herbs, more like grass. If you think you can bonsai wheat, you can go ahead with trying it on a banana, but if you take away too much of the corm, all you'll do is retard fruiting.
kk ill write exactly what it says on the back..the huge exotic leaves and dramatic tree like form marvel any expensive foliage plant. May eventualy produce flowers followed by a fan of a perfectly formed but unedible bananas. Hight 1.5 meeters (5 feet mature) it then gives germinating instructions..... other then that it jsut says musa ensete, banana plant
It could be a dwarf, but being an Ensete I seriously doubt it - they're the big boys of the Musaceae. E. ventricosum, which is my personal fave, goes to about 50' here in Ecuador, and E. maurelii comes in a close second. Maybe your climate will help stunt it.
yes... ive seen many nice types...... i was thinking any one the ones you just mentoned could be it as well :S, well i guess i have to grow them to find out for sure oh well lol. Now any good ideas on how to germinate and grow them up here in canada??
ok i finally found some info.. its the albyssian banana :S they left out a zero in its hight haha heres the site i found http://database.prota.org/PROTAhtml/Ensete ventricosum_En.htm so if theres any info on this banana please feel free to let me know ty everyone
We recieved this plant (Labeled Ensete Ventrosicum "Maurelli") as a liner and grew it on in the greenhouse at 24C for 7 months in a 14" pot. It got no higher than 5 feet. It recieved some growth regulator early on, but not a lot. Beautiful plant, but hard to keep the leaves from getting damaged.
\they are documented as never under 20 feet, wait a season or 2. And yes the leaves on most bananas are delicate, especially to dry air or wind. Can you post a pic of your ensete???? Yuo may have the same problem as me with missnamed plants, casue ensete arent small at all as far as i know. The smallest one ive read up on grows to 20 feet or so.
