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daunted Nov 29th 2010 9:50 am

name the plant!!
 
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Hi guys - can anyone shed some light on this plant i have growing in my garden please? I have always called it a banana palm but apparantly it may not be? It is the first time it has flowered and i was getting excited thinking i may be getting some home grown bananas??????
cheers folks x:wub:

lesleys Nov 29th 2010 9:54 am

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It's the giant variety of Bird of Paradise flower.

Kelli28 Nov 29th 2010 9:55 am

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Originally Posted by daunted (Post 9010075)
Hi guys - can anyone shed some light on this plant i have growing in my garden please? I have always called it a banana palm but apparantly it may not be? It is the first time it has flowered and i was getting excited thinking i may be getting some home grown bananas??????
cheers folks x:wub:

Not sure it dosen't look like my banana tree's.

lesleys Nov 29th 2010 10:08 am

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia_nicolai

We've got one in our garden.

daunted Nov 29th 2010 10:09 am

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:ohmy::thumbdown: damn! i was hoping for bananas :thumbdown:
Thanks anyway :wub:

Alfresco Nov 29th 2010 10:11 am

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Originally Posted by lesleys (Post 9010078)
It's the giant variety of Bird of Paradise flower.


Originally Posted by lesleys (Post 9010101)

Correct.


Originally Posted by daunted (Post 9010102)
:ohmy::thumbdown: damn! i was hoping for bananas :thumbdown:
Thanks anyway :wub:

No bananas from it.

Broad Shoulders Nov 29th 2010 10:14 am

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Re: name the plant!!


Robert

lollyno1 Nov 29th 2010 10:18 am

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Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders (Post 9010113)
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Robert

:lol:

Alfresco Nov 29th 2010 10:18 am

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Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders (Post 9010113)
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Robert

Palm-er?

medwaymark Nov 30th 2010 4:45 am

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They can get huge.....remember seeing some tree size ones in St Leonards!

moneypenny20 Nov 30th 2010 6:10 am

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Originally Posted by medwaymark (Post 9011926)
They can get huge.....remember seeing some tree size ones in St Leonards!

Really? I thought you only got little old pensioners there.:blink:

Broad Shoulders Nov 30th 2010 8:38 am

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 9012038)
Really? I thought you only got little old pensioners there.:blink:

Nah, that's Eastbourne. I got caught behind a little old lady once with one of those bags on wheels. I swear they have a sixth sense. She kept swerving in front of me as I tried to walk passed her.

Shipman is my hero

moneypenny20 Nov 30th 2010 9:04 am

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Originally Posted by Broad Shoulders (Post 9012197)
Nah, that's Eastbourne. I got caught behind a little old lady once with one of those bags on wheels. I swear they have a sixth sense. She kept swerving in front of me as I tried to walk passed her.

Shipman is my hero

His heart was possibly in the right place.

daunted Nov 30th 2010 10:31 am

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hahhahahaa apparantly its a
Strelitzia nicolai

but i kinda like the name Robert so it will stick :thumbsup::wub:

moneypenny20 Nov 30th 2010 10:56 am

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Originally Posted by daunted (Post 9012332)
hahhahahaa apparantly its a
Strelitzia nicolai

but i kinda like the name Robert so it will stick :thumbsup::wub:

I kinda like Robert Plant :wub:


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