Yeah, I also think it could flower given the right conditions. It's possible that it gets chopped down in winter either by the owner or by the frost which as you mentioned could remove the inflorescence that could have been inside the pseudostem. In a large greenhouse, it would definitely have a better chance of surviving long enough to flower. I have a couple of Musa sikkimensis in pots, but I've not got around to planting them in the ground yet. My Musa basjoo does well in my garden with a little bit of fleece and hasn't lost any height over the last few winters here in the UK.
If you wrap the pseudstem in thick straw in winter and cut the top off I think you might be able to get it large enough to eventually flower. If it doesn't have to regrow everything, it has more energy to grow a flower.
That's how people get musa basjoo to grow into large sizes in my part of Canada.
I've tried this one in the PNW, made it through some rough winters and kept popping back up and growing in size (slowly) but this years cold wave killed it for good. We had a strong El Nino which makes for very warm winters, but at the same time the polar vortex went wonky. So it went from like 50's to 60's F to like 9 F in a day, no snow to insulate either, and that was just too much. My zone is 8a but because of the way the PNW works (despite the stereotypes, its a very unstable climate, and also cold spells tend to last far longer than in most other zone 8 regions) zone 7 stuff is way more consistent (only a few zone 8 rated plants do well, usually stuff that is good at gaining hardiness with establishment and/or stuff that is designed for more oceanic temperature trends). So I wouldn't say this is a consistent cold climate banana, you have to be careful with the details of how your climate works.
Really interesting ATF! 😉 I am curious – have you ever tasted the Boran banana? Yellow-orange flesh, high sugar content (25.2), <2.5m height. – (AAB) KLUAI KHAI BORAN (Thailand)
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this could defenitely flower, i dont believe that its sterile. however i cant give any information to that as i cant even get basjoo to flower
Yes! I was hoping you'd get to the point of planting in the greenhouse!!!
Yeah, I also think it could flower given the right conditions. It's possible that it gets chopped down in winter either by the owner or by the frost which as you mentioned could remove the inflorescence that could have been inside the pseudostem. In a large greenhouse, it would definitely have a better chance of surviving long enough to flower. I have a couple of Musa sikkimensis in pots, but I've not got around to planting them in the ground yet. My Musa basjoo does well in my garden with a little bit of fleece and hasn't lost any height over the last few winters here in the UK.
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Musa nagensium can be found to the elevation of up to 1100 m. Found in yunnan, india
If you wrap the pseudstem in thick straw in winter and cut the top off I think you might be able to get it large enough to eventually flower. If it doesn't have to regrow everything, it has more energy to grow a flower.
That's how people get musa basjoo to grow into large sizes in my part of Canada.
I've tried this one in the PNW, made it through some rough winters and kept popping back up and growing in size (slowly) but this years cold wave killed it for good. We had a strong El Nino which makes for very warm winters, but at the same time the polar vortex went wonky. So it went from like 50's to 60's F to like 9 F in a day, no snow to insulate either, and that was just too much. My zone is 8a but because of the way the PNW works (despite the stereotypes, its a very unstable climate, and also cold spells tend to last far longer than in most other zone 8 regions) zone 7 stuff is way more consistent (only a few zone 8 rated plants do well, usually stuff that is good at gaining hardiness with establishment and/or stuff that is designed for more oceanic temperature trends). So I wouldn't say this is a consistent cold climate banana, you have to be careful with the details of how your climate works.
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Really interesting ATF! 😉 I am curious – have you ever tasted the Boran banana? Yellow-orange flesh, high sugar content (25.2), <2.5m height. – (AAB) KLUAI KHAI BORAN (Thailand)