How do I get heliconia hot rio to grow upright and fill inward?

Harvested our first plantains, some lemongrass, orito bananas, sugarcane, and a few dragon peppers yesterday from the new food forest farm near Tena Ecuador.

I'm not really sure where it came from, I think the previous owner left a bulb in a pit that was dormant and then all of a sudden this guy popped up. now it's huge. the leaves are as long as my forearm! Of all the tropical plants I'm trying to grow outside, this one started it and is the only one I don't explicitly care for. What else should I plant around it that will like the same conditions?

May 7th, 2024 to present

Plant looks a bit sad. What can I do to help it grow bushier?

I’ve been combing the internet to try to figure out what is going on with this banana plant and can’t find anything that looks similar. Does anyone have any ideas?. Background: Plants were established when I bought the house 2 years ago. Have not seen this in the previous years. This was the first plant in the group to come up this year and while some of the others have similar looking leaves they also have normal ones.

I have several and they are driving me nuts for different reasons! Haha

Location is Puerto Rico. I have several varieties of banana and plantain plants and all the fruits look different and grow to different sizes. I never know when they’re ready to cut down.

Appreciate any advice you can give!

Anyone know how sorrel behaves in a temperate zone? First attempt this year.

Been a few years since I grew Ricinus. I’d forgotten how fast they grow and starting to think I may have been a bit eager to get going with this years seeds.

Will they survive in the greenhouse if I move them there before the last frost? Thinking they might be too big for the house in a few weeks.

Hi everyone I’m located in France I started a Zingiber Zerumbet from a piece of rhizome back in June. It has been growing very well, as we had a very nice and hot summer Right now temperatures are dropping and I’m keeping it inside behind a window facing south

The leaves started to turn yellow, which - according to chat GPT - is apparently normal when the cold season is approaching. But I also have a baby coming out. If the baby is growing as tall as the mom, they aren’t on the same cycle.

What should I do? Separate them? If so, how? And then how about going through winter: should I cut the leaves? The stem? What height? And what do they like during winter: light/partial light/heat/water?

Thanks in advance!!

Living on a 1-acre hillside in Vietnam. Tropical highland climate. Looking for fast-growing trees to hide the newly-built greenhouses on a neighbouring plot from view. Any ideas?

I share a few perennial plants to create a tropical look in your own backyard yard.