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Pink Velvet Banana

musa velutina

Description:

Bright pink with orange highlights.

Habitat:

A city garden in the mid-altitude parts of Colombia.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Pink velvet banana
musa velutina Musa Velutina Seeds(Pink Velvet Banana Seeds)


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4 Comments

misako
misako 12 years ago

Beautiful!

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

I saw a similar plant in La Fortuna CR, but not nearly as striking as this.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 12 years ago

I agree with ChunXingWong looks exactly like a banana flower with fruits forming

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Bizzare but beautiful at the same time.
Looks like a banana flower bud
with "pink" bananas !?

Curator of Good
Spotted by
Curator of Good

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Spotted on Nov 14, 2010
Submitted on Dec 3, 2011

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