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Old 04-14-2022, 08:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Almost Naked Orinoco Bloom

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Originally Posted by AaronTT View Post
I keep hearing that a banana plant can mature fruits, even if it had little to no leaves, but has a pup with leaves. My experience has shown this to be incorrect. In fact, this year my Saba bloomed right after a freeze, that killed the leaves. Despite having two pups with leaves in the mat, the fruit did not mature. This has happened twice.
I would love to see some evidence.
Please see the photos and narrative in the attached article:
https://goldengategarden.typepad.com...s_banana_.html

Note that the fruiting pseudostem is leafless, but the other p-stems with leaves.

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