Musa rosacea

From Gardenology.org - Plant Encyclopedia and Gardening wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
 Musa rosacea subsp. var.  
Upload.png
Habit: [[Category:]]
Height: to
Width: to
Height: warning.png"" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. to warning.png"" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Width: warning.png"" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. to warning.png"" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Lifespan:
Origin:
Poisonous:
Bloom:
Exposure:
Water:
Features:
Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place
Minimum Temp: °Fwarning.png"°F" is not a number.
USDA Zones: to
Sunset Zones:
Flower features:
[[]] > Musa rosacea var. ,


If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!



Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Musa rosacea, Jacq. (M. ornata, Roxbg. M. speciosa, Ten. M. Carolinae, Sterler.). Whole plant 4-6 ft. high, stoloniferous: st. 3-5 ft. high, 3-4 in. diam.: lvs. linear- oblong, firm, 3 ft. long, 9-12 in. wide, purplish beneath: spike more or less drooping, 1 ft. long; bracts ovate- lanceolate, pale blue or reddish lilac, the lower 6-8 in. long; male fls. deciduous, more numerous than the female; calyx yellow, 1 in. long: fr. oblong, obscurely 4-5-angled, yellowish green, 2-3 in. long; pulp very scant, scarcely edible; seeds 1/6 in. diam., black tubercled, rarely produced in cult.plants. India. B.R. 706. L.B.C. 7:615.—Intro, into Calif, in 1898.


The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.


Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

References

External links

blog comments powered by Disqus
Personal tools
Bookmark and Share