Said I'd post the pictures.

{Be warned they are large]

Here you go :-)

http://www.chelsworth-lodge.nildram....nanas/side.JPG

and

http://www.chelsworth-lodge.nildram....annanas/up.JPG

From a coastal guardian in Suffolk.
[Not mine]

Dave R
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"Dave Poole" wrote in message
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David Roberts wrote:

Said I'd post the pictures.
{Be warned they are large]

From a coastal guardian in Suffolk.
[Not mine]

David, the pictures show a flowering plant of Musa basjoo and not
Ensete ventricosum ('Abyssinian Banana'). Ensetes are solitary not
clump forming and do not develop a well defined pseudo-trunk. The
flower spike differs considerably from Musa being heavily bracted with
distinctive, pointed bracts. The bracts of Musa basjoo are very
broad, somewhat rounded at the tips and reflexed with age. Whilst the
flowering of Musa basjoo is not uncommon in UK gardens, Ensetes very
rarely flower in the UK and then only when kept under glass.
Nevertheless, very nice pics and I bet the plant gives the neighbours
something to talk about.

Dave Poole
Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK
Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C.
Growing season: March - November


Thanks for that - is there a common name for Musa basjoo?

Sounds like a good name to use when signing into an hotel under an assumed
name :-)

Cheers

Dave R

"Dave Poole" wrote in message
...
David Roberts wrote:

Said I'd post the pictures.
{Be warned they are large]

From a coastal guardian in Suffolk.
[Not mine]

David, the pictures show a flowering plant of Musa basjoo and not
Ensete ventricosum ('Abyssinian Banana'). Ensetes are solitary not
clump forming and do not develop a well defined pseudo-trunk. The
flower spike differs considerably from Musa being heavily bracted with
distinctive, pointed bracts. The bracts of Musa basjoo are very
broad, somewhat rounded at the tips and reflexed with age. Whilst the
flowering of Musa basjoo is not uncommon in UK gardens, Ensetes very
rarely flower in the UK and then only when kept under glass.
Nevertheless, very nice pics and I bet the plant gives the neighbours
something to talk about.

Dave Poole
Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK
Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C.
Growing season: March - November

Just looked at http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/enseteventrico.htm and
the flower looks very similar.

However
http://www.banana-tree.com/Product_D...ct_ID~1243.cfm
shows a very similar plant.

Hope it is Musa basjoo as the other one dies after flowering.

Cheers
Dave R