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Old 08-24-2006, 08:39 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa Bordelon flowering - what's next?

You can try pollinating them, skip it on this one though. Those first ones are the female flowers, after those it will make a bunch of male flowers which are small and last only about a day for each set. Take pollen from the male flowers on this one and use it to pollinate the female flowers of your next ones. Also, you can try pollinating the last hand or 2 (what you call "bunches" are actually called hands) with the first hands of male flowers, there is a small over lap period. Since 'Bordelon' is a hybrid already, the plants that come from the seeds may not be anything like the parents, but they should be interesting, actually if you can grow some seed Id be interesting in getting some.
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