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Ensete ventricosum (F. M. J. Welwitsch) E.
E. Cheesman
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Illustration of Ensete ventricosum (labelled Musa
ensete) from Les Promenades de Paris, A. Alphand, 1867-73 (in the RHS Lindley
Library). Taken from Hobhouse, P. (1994). Plants in Garden History. Pavilion Books
Limited, London. ISBN 1 85793 273 0. |
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Illustration of, I think, a form of Ensete
ventricosum from; Sydenham: Crystal Palace, the Egyptian room, Tropical Plants, by
Philip H. Delamotte, 1854. From the Stapleton Collection/Bridgman Art Library,
London/New York. Taken from Musgrave, T., Gardner, C., and Musgrave, W. (1998). The
Plant Hunters. Ward Lock, London. ISBN 0 7063 7753 2. |
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The
following chronological sequence of 6 photographs is of a flowering plant of Ensete
ventricosum grown in the garden of Ganesh Mani Pradhan,
Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. |
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General view of developing inflorescence showing its early
pendulous nature. |
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General view of inflorescence showing the
reddish colouration of the bracts; female flowers just apparent. |
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Close up of inflorescence showing the
reddish colouration of the bracts and with female flowers showing. |
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General
view of flowering plant. The plant is relatively short, the pseudostem no more than
1.5 m. at flowering, much shorter than would be common in Africa. |
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General view of mature inflorescence. |
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Close up of mature inflorescence with male
flowers showing. |
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