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Dec 9, 2024 3:33 PM CST
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How do I take care of this plant? How do I get rid of the bugs?
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Dec 9, 2024 4:13 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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I've moved this over to our Plant ID Forum where one of our knowledgeable plant identifiers may be able to help. It may be Ensete, Musa or Canna but I can't tell for certain. Here's our database entry with growing information for Wild Banana (Ensete ventricosum) which also has the common name Ethiopian Banana. As an indoor plant it will most likely need as much bright light as possible and a pot with excellent drainage. I can't see any insects in your photo so I can't offer advice on how to eradicate them.
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Dec 9, 2024 6:48 PM CST
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Thank you. I don't like the bugs. Tiny little white baddies. Dryer the plant gets the more I see the baddies. The plant needs humidity.

Can the plant be infected?

Thank you again.
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Dec 9, 2024 7:21 PM CST
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Can you take a photo that shows the bugs? I don't see them.
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Dec 9, 2024 11:36 PM CST
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It looks more Canna-like to me.
I can't see bugs either. We need some close-ups of the bugs.
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Dec 10, 2024 6:03 AM CST
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Its a little hard to tell, but I sort of agree with CalPoly. This looks cannoid, not musoid.
This is an Ensete maurelii...I don't grow ventricosum but they look almost identical
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Dec 10, 2024 9:52 PM CST
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Small white bugs. I don't know if you can see them. There were so many. I used neem oil. Not sure what they are. Top picture was the smallest stem. Little white dot is a bug.
The plant originally was three stems connected by roots. I separated them into three separate pots. All are alive. Hoping I can keep them in good shape. They are tough.
Thank you for the interest.
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Dec 10, 2024 10:06 PM CST
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I think they're spider mites. Keep spraying with neem.
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Dec 11, 2024 6:26 AM CST
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Gina1960 said: Its a little hard to tell, but I sort of agree with CalPoly. This looks cannoid, not musoid.


I agree
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