Strelitzia nicolai, not Ravenala madagascariensis

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:57 am

In Hamilton, ON at Gage Park there is a full tropical greenhouse, in its center is a massive plant touching the roof nearly 20 feet up. It is a bird of paradise as far as I am concerned. The folks that work there think it s a travellers palm. I told them they are wrong. This is a picture of its inflorescence :

What do you all think?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:51 am

Definitely BoP

http://database.prota.org/PROTAhtml/Rav ... sis_En.htm

But Traveller's is a member of the BoP family apparently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenala

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:28 am

For what little my opinion is worth, I think you're right.