Angel's bananas are different from mine. Her's are edible, mine are not (no double entendre intended). Anyway...
It all started when I asked Mom to look for a particular ornamental bananas. As always, mistakes were made and a different type of banana was bought. We've identified it later as the Blood banana (Musa acuminata 'Zebrina'). On the next trip to the garden store, another type ornamental banana was bought, the name of which I still do not know until now. As for the one I am looking for, well it's still out there waiting to be found.
Some of the Blood bananas in the upper garden. The one on the right have plenty of suckers, baby plants ready for transplant.
After these ornamental bananas have been transplanted to the upper garden they've adjusted and practically felt at home, growing and multiplying faster than their edible counterparts. Since they have plenty of room to grow, might as well let them grow in number for now.
The still unidentified ornamental banana in bloom and with pups and fruits.
From a couple of mother plants there are now several clumps of Blood bananas found in different parts of the upper garden. As for the other "unnamed" ornamental banana, it's just doing what bananas are suppose to do, silently multiplying. In no time it too will be scattered in the garden just like its "blood" relative.
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P.S.
Thanks to Angel and Autumn Belle for identifying the other "unnamed" ornamental banana. It is called Musa velutina. Its common names include "Pink Fruting Banana", "Purple Banana" and "Pink Velvet Banana" among others.
9 comments:
I took photos of red color ornamental bananas 3 days ago. It looks quite similar to yours. It was planted in clumps and I thought was pretty.
You folks are lucky. Musa here is a tricky plant to grow and protect from your our wind and cold. I like that red ornamental. Pretty plant.
I saw other cultivars last year at the La Mesa Eco Park. I think i've posted them earlier. They multiply fast and becomes a problem in gardens with little spaces. I hope you wont be hit by typhoon again as bananas easily succumb to them.
One, they do look pretty when the clump is tight and large. Will we see ala 'going bananas' post from you one of these days? It would be nice if you could share those photos you took.
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Rohrerbot, I read that you can bring most of these indoors to overwinter in your garage or storage area. Or you can transfer the pups in pots as indoor plants until they're safe to be planted outside. Also, there are other species of Musa that are quite tolerant to cold, maybe not the extreme cold though.
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Andrea, they are fast multipliers indeed. They have not been affected by last year's big storm, and with the latest typhoon (Mina), the strong wind didn't knock them down.
hi solitude! what a coincidence. your NOID banana looks like "musa velutina." even though they're not edible, i love love the color :)
~ANGEL
It does look like the purple Musa velutina. Their fruits are also purple and is self-peeling.
Hi Angel! thanks for identifying the botanical name of this banana.
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Hi Autumn Belle! Thanks for confirming the name of this banana. Self-peeling? This is a bonus to those too lazy to peel their bananas...LOL
Looking good. How many do you have right now? Are you going to spread them out over the farm or just confine them to one area?
Hello Bom!
Thanks. There are several clumps of both ornamental bananas now scattered in the upper side of the farm.
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