trebor

This Plant belongs to a friend of mine. She lives in Alabama . Ha ha ha , she said it gets a few bananas . Any one know what kind it is ? I kinda want to help her with it if I can
Many thanks in advance

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If ya can't eat it, it ain't growing in my back yard !

Gabe15

It is Musa ornata.

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trebor

Thank you Gabe. She will be thrilled to know it has a name

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If ya can't eat it, it ain't growing in my back yard !

varig8

Musa Ornata 'Lavender". There is also Musa Ornata 'Purple Royale', but this one has a darker purple flower, fruit, and raceme. The Ornata 'Lavender' that is pictured, as you can see, has normal colored green bananas and raceme. There are also other varieties of M. Ornata of varying colors, yellow (Thai Yellow), white (Milky Way), etc. You can find photos and information about them online.
From Wikipedia;
Musa ornata is one of more than 50 species of banana in the genus Musa. Most of these species are large perennial tropical herbs, mainly of lowland areas with high temperature and humidity. The Musa ornata originated in southeast Asia,[1] and is cultivated for its commercial and ornamental value.[2] Musa ornata has many common names in reference to the varying colors of its flowers including 'African Red', 'Bronze', 'Dusty Rose', 'Leyte White', 'Macro', 'Magenta', 'Pink', 'Purple', 'Red', 'Royal Pink', 'Royal Purple', 'Royal Red', and 'Red Salmon'. The fruit is attractive but tends to be inedible.

Gabe15

All of the other "M. ornata" are either hybrids with/of different species or good different species altogether under the wrong name. There has long since been a confusion in the nursery trade with the identity of M. ornata. The plant above is a real M. ornata, other ornamental bananas should not be called as any form of M. ornata. If the hybrid is known (which is rare), it can be detailed, but if it is not known, the name can be modeled such as Musa 'Lavender Beauty', with no species name given.

'Thai Gold/Yellow' is Musa siamensis, 'Bronze' is M. laterita and 'Leyte White' M. gracilis. They are not simply different color forms, they are different species.

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