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sandy0225 · 11-19-2009, 07:21 AM

You will get blooms on bordelon really well, but no bananas. They are sterile and ornamental only, they don't produce any pollen to pollinate the bananas.(thanks Gabe for solving that mystery for me--I thought I was doing something wrong with them!). They will have several female blooms, and it'll look like they're going to make bananas but they never develop.
I guess if you had another something blooming at the same time, maybe you could cross them. But I never seem to have anything at the same time. I usually have bordelons that bloom every year here, because I keep the same plants from year to year and plant them out around here for my personal use. LOVE them! They are also 100% easier to carry overwinter than a zebrina, much more tolerant of cool greenhouse temps and basement storage.

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