Musa Siam Ruby Tibet adorned with plumeria-like leaves

adorned with plumeria-like leaves

the tropical-looking

only occurs in a few populations in the Apalachicola region of the Florida Panhandle

it produces multiple stems from one tuber which eventually separate

narrow-leaf evergreen clumps in early spring with dangling purple and white dodecatheon-like flowers

Musa Siam Ruby Tibet adorned with plumeria-like leavesWe first saw this raving beauty when visiting Thailand in 2005. At great expense (we're still driving old vehicles), we procured one to bring home, named it 'Siam Ruby', and are thrilled to share it with folks here in the states. Our research indicated it originated in Papua New Guinea as a sport of Musa 'Tapo', where bananas have been cultivated for 10,000 years. We have never seen it taller than 8', so that's our guess for height. The leaves are a