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Strelitzia nicolai, not Ravenala madagascariensis

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(@seedscanada)

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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?

Adam
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Posted : 22/11/2011 9:57 am

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Definitely BoP

http://database.prota.org/PROTAhtml/Ravenala%20madagascariensis_En.htm

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

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Posted : 22/11/2011 10:51 am

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

Posted : 22/11/2011 1:28 pm

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