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sandy0225 · 06-20-2011, 02:22 PM

I've had bordelons flower before at 5-6 feet if they were potted, but never that short. They do have a more maroon bloom. The flowers and bananas do droop over sideways on bordelon, they don't stay erect like ornata. They never develop fully into fruit. It looks like bananas are forming, there are female blooms, but they don't develop/grow bigger. They eventually drop off if you leave them long enough. Maybe you have some kind of a mutation if they flower at such a short stature though. It would be worth keeping the pups from it and seeing if they do the same. Then you'd really have something!

06-20-2011, 02:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 385,481 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: Musa 'Bordelon' Question I've had bordelons flower before at 5-6 feet if they were potted, but never that short. They do have a more maroon bloom. The flowers and bananas do droop over sideways on bordelon, they don't stay erect like ornata. They never develop fully into fruit. It looks like bananas are forming, there are female blooms, but they don't develop/grow bigger. They eventually drop off if you leave them long enough. Maybe you have some kind of a mutation if they flower at such a short stature though. It would be worth keeping the pups from it and seeing if they do the same. Then you'd really have something! __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!