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Originally Posted by robguz24
"Reserved for Hawaiian Royalty" is another lol that is widely repeated but untrue.
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This was a pun and a direct quote from William Lessard's (original owner of Going Bananas) book.
It was a joke, hence the smiley face.:-)
The reason these plants are not widely available is that they are not easy to grow. Growers can easily sell them for $175 each. Would you rather spend time on a plant you can sell the pups from for $10 or $175?? I have yet to see one sell for for anything close to a reasonable price for a banana plant.
Who has a source to buy these inexpensively? It is interesting how this topic bubbles up every few years.
Bill Lessard had a pretty good reason (25 years ago) for choosing Ae Ae for the cover of his book.
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