FINALLY :) got my hands on Ensete Hiniba :):):)

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Dave Brown wrote:
B19bst wrote:Anyone have any pups of these they want too sell.

Lovely banana. All looking fab
It's an Ensete, they don't pup. You only get pups if you kill the growth point.
How many pups do they normally grow when a growing point is killed? Are they like basjoo with many pups.
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fern Rob wrote:
Dave Brown wrote:
B19bst wrote:Anyone have any pups of these they want too sell.

Lovely banana. All looking fab
It's an Ensete, they don't pup. You only get pups if you kill the growth point.
How many pups do they normally grow when a growing point is killed? Are they like basjoo with many pups.
There is only a single rhizome, in many respects it is like a turnip, so it may grow several growth points around the top if you are lucky. No guarantees you will get more than one, if unlucky the whole thing rots :ahhh!:
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I will try one day to pup mine.
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Yorkshire Kris wrote:I will try one day to pup mine.
Or you could just sell it to me!
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Steph wrote:
Yorkshire Kris wrote:I will try one day to pup mine.
Or you could just sell it to me!

I want to try and make lots of plants! :D
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Well when you do, let me know!
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Steph wrote:Well when you do, let me know!
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Silly me... Where would be the best place to purchase one.
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B19bst wrote:Silly me... Where would be the best place to purchase one.
They are not generally available from anywhere. Very rare.
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This is from further up the topic
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Palmer wrote:Hi Dave, is there any info regards the country of origin of Hiniba?
Not that I am aware of, and unfortunately David Constantine, who introduced it, sadly passed away, so we can't ask. However, with over 80 cultivars from Ethiopia, it is a fair bet, it's from there.

The more upright forms are used higher up the mountains as they suffer less from radiation frost forming on the leaves. The red ones like Montbeliardii apparently have a more bitter taste, so Hiniba could be a sweeter cold tolerant one :wink:

All assumptions I'm afraid.
One thing I can now say, is that is has the most wind tolerant leaves I have seen of any Banana or Ensete :)
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I couldn't agree more Dave icon_thumleft
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They look fantastic, dwarfing my 'large' Maurelii, how will you over winter them?
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Stop teasing me :lol:


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Awesome! ...on my wish list....where do I buy and how arw they overwintered?
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
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Its a shame they are not widley avalible for sale, I don't think I have ever seen one.
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