Have you seen banana flowers?

ive seen banana flowers since i was born and the last one when i let philippines last june... my granpa have a lot of banana on our yard and even on our farm... most of filipino used it for adobo... my mom used the flower..

Yeah good photo of yours, thanks. But much better if you put that fallen banana flowers on the green banana leaf and look more healthier, not pale. You know why, in Malaysia it can be easily get at the public market. And good to mixed with our daily cook foods. The flower, which may also be called banana blossom, grows on the end of the stem holding a cluster of bananas. Considered an Asian or tropical vegetable, it has a deep crimson color and consists of tightly packed leaves or bracts that wrap around rows of thin stemmed male flowers. It is the inner pale colored bracts that are used for food dishes. Banana flowers can be sliced and served in meat stews, soups, rice or noodle dishes, and cooked vegetable dishes. Or the banana flower can be used as a decorative food "plate" or holder for prepared salad ingredients as they are placed into the leaf for serving. When preparing for slicing, steam the entire blossom for approximately 20 to 30 minutes before slicing into it. In various Asian countries this vegetable is also known as banana blossom, banana heart, banana no tsubomi, dok kluai, jantung pisang, kehel mal, kere kafool, ngapyaw phoo, puso, and shang chao fua. Most often, this vegetable is available in Asian or tropical food markets.

I could easily imagine bananas coming from these flowers. I had not thought of what banana flowers might look like. I bet you get a lot of laughs from watching the squirrels as they are entertaining no matter what they are doing.

I often saw it when I was a kid in Asia, but I never see it here in the neighborhood even I'm living in a country side.