nyc: tropical flower wholesalers

Tropicals are some of my favorite cut flowers, and the NYC wholesale flower district has some of the most amazing specimens - blooming banana stalks, king protea from New Zealand, sprouting coconuts, unusual types of ginger and heliconia to name just a few. Still wracking my brain to figure out what the huge brown and white dried leaves might be - anyone know? Images snapped at Caribbean Cuts and G. Page shops.