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Wild bananas pollination
The numerous cultivated banana species (Musa spp.) were developed from wild species that bear seedy,inedible bananas. The flowers of cultivated bananas do not require pollination. The wild banana...
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African Violets Plant information
Are Your African Violets Looking OK? African violets ( Saintpaulia ionantha ) are easy to grow flowering house plants. Modern day varieties sold at supermarkets and plant shops often bloom 8-9 months a...
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Delphinium Care deadheading
Deadheading Dead flower heads should be removed from plants to prevent them from setting seeds, which diverts their energy from producing further . Deadheading also gives a tidier look to the garden...
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Plants for African Cichlids
My African garden is a collection of aquatic plants from various parts of Africa and islands off of Africa. It is not meant to be a biotope model, but what I like to call a regional representation....
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Southern African plants List
Gladiolus crassifolius Baker (syn. G. rachidiflorus, G. thomsonii, G. masukuensis, G. mosambicensis, G. tritoniiformis, G. junodii, G. coranthii, G. gazensis, G. dieterlenii) is a widespread species of...
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Wild Purple Banana
A team of researchers from the University of Calicut has reported the discovery of a new subspecies of wild banana that could be developed as an ornamental plant for tropical gardens. The plant Musa...
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Wild banana evolution
I originally wrote this section as part of the introduction to Banana; it is about my first encounter with the banana-proves-god argument, in the form of a prayer tract that I received on my way to a...
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African coastal plants
Yes, we are growing South African plants here in Maine. They are growing outside in the ground and we leave them out all winter. I am referring to the plants in the genus Kniphofia. I wrote a post...
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Growing Boab tree Australia
Firstly, I can't believe that C.N. really has a boab growing nearby, especially since his page reveals that where he lives has quite severe frosts. Many people confuse the Queensland bottle tree...
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Baobab trees the Little Prince
I was heading to the front gate of Botanic Gardens as it was almost closing time, but was sidetracked by the flora and fauna on the way up there. There were the cockatoos which I tried to take pics up...
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