FREE: **RARE and EXTINCT IN THE WILD** Be the ENVY of the neighborhood!! The Banana Lotus :)

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This auction is for 5 seeds! No GIN on this one :) I want everyone to get a chance. If the bidding hits 15,000 I will make it 10 seeds. 30,000 20 seeds. These are COLD STORED ALREADY! They are in the perfect soil they need to germinate :) These are extremely rare and expensive. They are worshipped by the buddhist monks in China. They have a million uses. They can be eaten, make into weave material, pig fodder, and soil erosion control. The Monks protect this plants and see them as sacred. Really just an amazing plant. They are extinct in the wild and their is a massive movement to help repopulate them :)


Musella Lasiocarpa originates from South Yunnan Province of China where it grows quite high up in the mountains and as a result of it's native environment, it is well suited for colder climates.

Musella Lasiocarpa is really known for the beautiful golden yellow 'lotus' flower it produces once it has reached it's full height of around 4-5ft tall. If you're fortunate enough to get it to flower, it will produce a wonderful display that lasts for as much as 6 months!

Once the flower has gone the plant will die, but don't worry! by that time, it will have produced new 'pups' or offshoots which will become your new banana plant.

Musella Lasiocarpa are generally root hardy and if left unprotected, will shoot again the following spring, often producing several new banana plants.

I'm always wary of quoting exact temperature resistance figures as so many factors can play a part in a plants hardiness BUT, they can reportedly survive temperatures of -12C!

The best video ever made of this plant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_WGqgLBjw