Musella lasiocarpa

[Rev]

Has anyone seen this oferred in australia yet?

http://natureproducts.net/Culture/sacred_flowers.html

looks like something straight out of a shroomahuasca session ;)

also wondering whats the most cold hardy of the beehive gingers?

or heliconias?

Edited March 24, 2006 by Rev

[gecko]

Yeah! Ive been lusting over that one for while now . As far as I know its not in the country yet, but somehow recall that it is available in the U.S. As for the others, Heliconia subulata is the hardiest. Zingiber zerumbet should grow for you ( deciduous ) . not quite beehive but still a nice little inflorescence. a species of ethnobotanical significance in Polynesia (awapuhi) and Indonesia (lempuyang kebo). Z.spectabile may be o.k in a protected spot. Z. ottensii (reddish-brown infl.) is also totally deciduous.

[WitchDoctor]

wow, now that's a flower i want in my garden on the basis of it's ornamental value only!

p.s. a quick ebay search will show 5 seeds for a few USD.

Edited March 25, 2006 by WitchDoctor

[Rev]

yep i know this

problem is....

its a banana relative

and years ago even T said he wouldnt touch them with a ten foot pole

quarantine would fry you

[Torsten]

yep, if quarantine would get a whiff of this they would crucify you for years to come. If you actually imported a virus by doing an illegal import they could probably even do a civil suit against you which would run into hundreds of million if not more! Nanas are something I keep well away from. I buy them if they are commercially available locally (even though that's dodgy too), but would never actually do an import of one.

[Pisgah]

Fascinating.

This sounds like anything that would hurt the tobacco and apple crop here in WNC, USA.