FREE: RARE Banana Lotus seed (Musella lasiocarpa)

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Very Rare Banana Lotus. This is a sacred plant of the Buddhist Monks in China. You will never see a more beautiful plant.

Golden Lotus Flower (though it is not related to the genus Lotus, but to the Banana family) is a most ornamental subtropical plant native to China (Yunnan and Guizhou provinces) and an ideal container plant in colder climates due its reduced size and large, bright yellow, waxy, very long lasting (up to 6 months !) flower heads. The root system my survive winter outside in Central Europe similar to the winter hardy Chinese Banana (Musa basjoo) if the rootstock is protected with a very thick and dry (some 50cm high) mulch layer in winter. If grown as a pot plant, keep plants frostfree at a minimum of some 10°C, drier and always sunny in winter. In summer it prefers a partially shaded spot and even moisture. Any humus rich, well drained soil is suitable.
Prior to sowing scarify seed (e. g. carefully scratch the seed coat with fine sandpaper) and soak them in luke warm water for some 48h. Sow seeds throughout the year flat in any humus rich, very well drained soil at some 25°C to 307°C. Keep seedlings always sunny in winter, in summer move pots to a partially shaded spot. Plants gain flowering size within only three to four years after sowing and propagate well by underground rhizomes.