Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

Does this look like a Musa ornata to you? Kinda reminds me of M.coccinea.
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Re: Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

This should be Musa "Coccinea" if I am not mistaken.

Re: Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

Reminds me a bit of Musa beccari.

Re: Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

It's not Musa coccinea or M. beccarii. Not M. ornata either, for that matter. Wish I knew! It actually looks a lot like what rarepalmseeds.com was selling as Musa ornata 'Orange Flower' not too long ago. I managed to get two of those seeds to sprout, and one is still alive and doing OK. It also looks a whole lot like the Musa rubinea 'Orange' on the Nature Products website.

It's definitely NOT M. aurantiaca either!

Re: Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

From the feedback on RPS it sounds like an easy one to sprout. They still haven't posted my germination comments on E.perrerii...I wonder why lol.

Re: Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

Ya looks like its one of the M. rubinea forms.

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mine wouldn't be very postable either. lol

Re: Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

About Musa ornata 'Orange Flower': I will say that it is one of the most dwarf species I have ever grown! The lone plant I have is still well under a foot tall after 8 months. If you get any to sprout, make sure you pot it up into a very small pot with a well-drained mix. It also seems to like lots of heat.

Ditto with E. perrieri for me...

Re: Musa ornata 'aurea' (orange)
 

Well, I've just ordered a load, so once they're potted up and growing we'll see, might need to keep some in the poly tunnel to get them to flower here though. :bunchonanas: