ROYAL BOYANIC GARDENS SYDNEY
I was delighted as well as surprised to discover two species of bananas when I visited the Botanic Gardens in Sydney. We are familiar about it looking like this.
But would you know what this is?
These are Banana flowers (or banana blossoms). They’re edible and can be found fresh at roadside stands prevalent in Asia. In the Philippines, a popular dish is Banana blossoms with coconut milk.
Musa Velutina, also called the hairy banana or pink banana, is a type of wild banana from Assam and the eastern Himalayas.
For Cee’s FOTD
A favorite dish, puso ng saging.
These are lovely shots of them on the plant.
Yessss sarap niyan! 👍
How lovely! I’m not a fan of bananas but would love to try the blossoms.
You have to go to an Asian country to try how they cook it.
Yum! Sounds enticing.
Isn’t nature weird? And wonderful….
Yes definitely 👍
I did know what they were but only because I’ve also seen them at botanic gardens. Love those places and your photos as well. 😊
Thanks Pepper.
We enjoyed banana flowers in salads in Laos and Vietnam 🙂
So good huh !
Beautiful plant! 😍
Thanks for the comment. Yes it looks lovely on the gardens.
I find banana plants fascinating. I sometimes encounter them on the roadside and have to stop to gawk at the flowers and combs of fruit whenever I pass by.
Yes Ju-Lyn, bananas are great to see by the roadside. It creates a certain kind of memory.