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Old 10-03-2012, 05:53 PM   #472 (permalink)
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Default Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)

These are ones that have bloomed over the last couple months:

Pisang Awak, sold as "Ice Cream"; 12' of p-stem; 12 female hands so far (I think it's done making female hands):
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Second Dwarf Namwah bloom of the year; 7.5' of pstem; looks like more should be on the way from this mat soon.
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Second Dwarf Brazilian bloom this year; 6' of p-stem.
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First Monthan bloom, flag leaf out -- hard to get a shot of this one; 9.5' of p-stem.
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Orinoco flag or pre-flag leaf; 11' of p-stem. This one will get the axe to make way for a real Blue Java / Ice Cream before its fruits ripen.
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Pome cultivar; 11.5' of p-stem. This is from Jon (Pitangadiego) and is what he has labelled as "Cardaba". It is not remotely similar to Cardaba. Instead, it is in the Pome subgroup and might be a relatively short variant of Brazilian (but it's not Dwarf Brazilian), or could be a different Pome cultivar. Whatever the case, it's a great plant -- resilient and fast to grow and bloom (by the standards of my climate). Jon says the flavor is very good, which is to be expected given that it is a Pome variety.
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