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damaclese · 05-16-2009, 10:10 AM

OK this posting is on how Baby Banana offspring grow in desert conditions
Some of this is going to sound familiar as every ones to some degree has had some experience with the traits of Bananas that have pupped and how those pups respond

the basic observation is that in temps reaching the high 90s to low 100 the Pups that are aloud to stay on their parent grow fast really fast compared to the parents on initial planting this is unremarkable if one was observing this in relationship to say a zone 10 tropical coastal climate but being that this is a zone 9 Mediterranean climate and a high mountainous desert one at that this seems remarkable to me pups of 12 to 16" have leaf sizes that rival there parent plant by as much as 50% at the same size so I'm concluding that for reasons yet unknown known thees pup have mad an adaptation to the harsher climate
hypothesis
one that the parent plant helps to support the pup wail its attached this is a well know aspect of Banana culture but i also hypothesize that threw the process of pupping the immature or in-vitro cell clusters emerging from the parent go threw a metamorphosis that changes there adaptive ability's allowing them to grow in this harsher climate Leaf structures are thicker at younger stages and the number of pours on the leafs are fewer there by reducing over all dehydration also as compared to the mother plants there ability to withstand the high light levels is substantially grater mid day burning is minimal also the meristem is thicker early on i have no idea why that is if any one cares to put forth a hypotheses on that i would be ever so grateful it is probably do to this adaptation but it could be do to the higher levels of nutritional support received from the parent who knows also thees pups are growing in native earth as compared to the parent plant wish spent the first 6 to 8 months in a pot so obviously they have room to grow lager root systems earlier on then there parent did what will be optimal is to see when thees pups produce their own pups this will give us an even grater opportunity to possibly confirm the above hypothesis this is just an observation and not really scientific so you do your own research

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damaclese Living in Exile damaclese's Photo Gallery Location: Henderson NV Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Mediterranean climate Name: Paulo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,767 BananaBucks : 359,012 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,352 Times Was Thanked 1,620 Times in 706 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 101 Times	Re: high temperature banana growing habits OK this posting is on how Baby Banana offspring grow in desert conditions Some of this is going to sound familiar as every ones to some degree has had some experience with the traits of Bananas that have pupped and how those pups respond the basic observation is that in temps reaching the high 90s to low 100 the Pups that are aloud to stay on their parent grow fast really fast compared to the parents on initial planting this is unremarkable if one was observing this in relationship to say a zone 10 tropical coastal climate but being that this is a zone 9 Mediterranean climate and a high mountainous desert one at that this seems remarkable to me pups of 12 to 16" have leaf sizes that rival there parent plant by as much as 50% at the same size so I'm concluding that for reasons yet unknown known thees pup have mad an adaptation to the harsher climate hypothesis one that the parent plant helps to support the pup wail its attached this is a well know aspect of Banana culture but i also hypothesize that threw the process of pupping the immature or in-vitro cell clusters emerging from the parent go threw a metamorphosis that changes there adaptive ability's allowing them to grow in this harsher climate Leaf structures are thicker at younger stages and the number of pours on the leafs are fewer there by reducing over all dehydration also as compared to the mother plants there ability to withstand the high light levels is substantially grater mid day burning is minimal also the meristem is thicker early on i have no idea why that is if any one cares to put forth a hypotheses on that i would be ever so grateful it is probably do to this adaptation but it could be do to the higher levels of nutritional support received from the parent who knows also thees pups are growing in native earth as compared to the parent plant wish spent the first 6 to 8 months in a pot so obviously they have room to grow lager root systems earlier on then there parent did what will be optimal is to see when thees pups produce their own pups this will give us an even grater opportunity to possibly confirm the above hypothesis this is just an observation and not really scientific so you do your own research __________________ Helping to foster understanding for the learning disabled Last edited by damaclese : 05-16-2009 at 10:24 AM.