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Kelvin Taylor | all galleries >> North Carolina Adventures - 2009 >> Plant Delights Open House at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens - 2009 > Musa velutina (Pink Velvet Banana)
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13-SEP-2009 Wake County, NC

Musa velutina (Pink Velvet Banana)

They may look delicious, but these seedy fruits are for show only. Growing shorter
than other varieties(usually about 6' tall), pink velvet produces ornamental flower
stalks near the top of the trunk, starting in late summer. After flowering, each stalk
forms a cluster of attractive small, pink, velvet bananas, which peel themselves when ripe.
Really cool!


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