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Old 06-23-2016, 11:46 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: I Don't Think Its an Apple Banana

@ sputinc7,

Just for comparison:
One of my Dwarf Brazilians began putting out a new blossom a day or two ago.
It now looks like this:

It is more like the blossom on the tall variety than the one in your photo.
Again, that may have no significant meaning.

I was looking at an older DB blossom with fruit formed in my other clump earlier today.
The rachis is "messy", old bracts and male flowers are still attached to it below the fruit.
Per text in the book sited above, that is a characteristic of the DB.
That's also the reason I usually end up cutting them off once they're well past the fruit.
The cone of bracts on the end of the older rachis is shaped more like I have described elswhere as "rounded".

EDIT:

The "messy" rachis:



Also, note how the nipple end is forming on the fruit.
Another DB/B characteristic.

Last edited by voyager : 06-24-2016 at 12:30 AM. Reason: Add Photo
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