What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)

[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51176 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51176)

Congrats on this nice bunch. Eye candy as most of your photos, but the scenic view in the background is pretty nice, too.

[crazy banana]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59561&size=1 (www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59561&ppuser=13376)

Finally Pisang Klotek is putting out an inflorescence.
This will be challenging with just two intact leaves. My experience is that the Mysore varieties are not as forgiving as Namwah and the fruits might not fill in well enough.

[PR-Giants]

Congrats on this nice bunch.

Thanks and Good Luck on your PK.

I measured some of the fruit on that SL-3640, length 11.75".

I'm guessing this Veinte Cohol will be about 30 lb. & 220 to 240 fruit.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51187 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51187)

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57128 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57128)

[brod]

Thanks PR for great photos, but can you tell what they are, some you do thanks for those.

[Lyndo]

Dwarf cavendish

https://36.media.tumblr.com/09c023d92e7795584853a4e62365e0b4/tumblr_o4q7arN8rH1vphmgjo3_500.jpg
https://41.media.tumblr.com/01c61102a38a356f1d4f851ad380d295/tumblr_o4q7arN8rH1vphmgjo1_250.jpg
https://36.media.tumblr.com/6d11a69a37654846dcfd68ec29f317df/tumblr_o4q867yBpj1vphmgjo1_400.jpg

[Lau]

Finally after years of trying to get and grow one, my first Ele Ele is fruiting! 13.5 months to flower.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8618_zpsss7pxydz.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8618_zpsss7pxydz.jpg.html)

I love the look of this plant it's very beautiful. Is this one of the plants you got from "aloha tropics"?

Susan

[robguz24]

I love the look of this plant it's very beautiful. Is this one of the plants you got from "aloha tropics"?

Susan
No this came from a neighbor who had them on his property when he moved there. I think the only correct things I got from Aloha Tropicals was Praying Hands. The other 10 were either wrong or weak plants that never made it. I have 2 other quite distinct Ele Ele variants. One is Polua, which I got from Angela Kepler, and is supposed to be the blackest variant. Another is a variant with more red and waxiness, which I'm guessing is Poni or Hinupua'a (shiny like hog grease in Hawaiian), as it has a more greasy look than any other cultivar I have.

[PR-Giants]

Patupi, Dwarf Gros Michel, & FHIA-17, all planted in a row on the same day bloomed today. And 2 more of the Dwarf Manini or Vertically Challenged Manini also bloomed today (8 months). I really prefer growing this short variant and will be replacing all of the tall Manini. ;)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51284

[venturabananas]

PR, was the Dwarf Manini a somatic mutation that you found on your farm, or is it from elsewhere?

[PR-Giants]

Found a tall one today. :08:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52731 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52731)
PR, was the Dwarf Manini a somatic mutation that you found on your farm, or is it from elsewhere?

I'd have to review the progenitor data.

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51007 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51007)

[Hammocked Banana]

Why did you plant 2 different varieties so close together?

[PR-Giants]

Another tall one bloomed today.

There's like 1 or 2 blooming everyday. :lurk:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52632 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52632)

[betongstil]

Coool :D so inspiring

[rawdesigns]

Another tall one bloomed today.

There's like 1 or 2 blooming everyday. :lurk:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52632 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52632)

Omg i really wish I could grow bananas where I live, too cold. Looks awesome though

[bananimal]

Omg i really wish I could grow bananas where I live, too cold. Looks awesome though

Think positive!!! Hey --- I once grew bananas back in New Jersey and then in NC before FL. Every year pot up the biggest pups and take indoors. In spring plant in ground after last frost. In fall dig up and pot up the main pstems. Grow indoors.

Keep this up till flowering size. When flower pops I would stick the pots in the garden bath tub with a sky light above. Last bunch I remember was 72 edible bananas. Good rule to follow --- stick to short height varieties and short cycle especially. Like Viente Cohol. It's nice to use the tub now and then. :ha:

[Jose263]

Think positive!!! Hey --- I once grew bananas back in New Jersey and then in NC before FL. Every year pot up the biggest pups and take indoors. In spring plant in ground after last frost. In fall dig up and pot up the main pstems. Grow indoors.

Keep this up till flowering size. When flower pops I would stick the pots in the garden bath tub with a sky light above. Last bunch I remember was 72 edible bananas. Good rule to follow --- stick to short height varieties and short cycle especially. Like Viente Cohol. It's nice to use the tub now and then. :ha:

Bananimal Thanks - How does VC taste and how long to flower? My Orinoco and namwahs usually require overwintering and bloom 2nd season if pstems survive winter.
:drum:

[robguz24]

A couple first time fruiters.

Pitogo, (finally!) after a few years and 2 other plants that were something else. Those tiny little fruit make me think it's the real thing, as the friend who gave it to me said.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8729_zpsu6zjotal.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8729_zpsu6zjotal.jpg.html)

Another interesting one, Putalinga Hina Nounou obtained from the now defunct Greenwell Garden in Kona. It's a popoulu type.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8732_zpsaxvwdtqm.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8732_zpsaxvwdtqm.jpg.html)

[venturabananas]

Rob, what happened to the Greenwell Garden? I liked that place.

[bananimal]

Bananimal Thanks - How does VC taste and how long to flower? My Orinoco and namwahs usually require overwintering and bloom 2nd season if pstems survive winter.
:drum:

At your location you will get one bunch a year. Take all pups and plant as separate mats. It's as they say --- the VC is one of the best tasting and very short cycle naners around.

Dan

[robguz24]

Rob, what happened to the Greenwell Garden? I liked that place.
This Bishop museum which owns them decided to sell it, stating that it wasn't part of their mission. Of course that upset a lot of people, as it's a living museum, having been occupied by Hawaiians for hundreds of years, planted with dozens of species of endemic & indigenous plants, along with rare canoe plants, including their banana collection. It was left to them by Amy Greenwell specifically to maintain and preserve it. Instead it's being sold to infuse them with cash so they can do more stuff on Oahu, such as have a dinosaur exhibit, which of course was a critical aspect of Hawaiian culture, lol.

I was just glad I was there in January right before this was announced and got a few more keiki from unlabeled mats. Some of their banana cultivars exist in fewer than 10 locations. We also got a couple rare types into a tissue culture preservation project last summer.

[venturabananas]

This Bishop museum which owns them decided to sell it, stating that it wasn't part of their mission. Of course that upset a lot of people, as it's a living museum, having been occupied by Hawaiians for hundreds of years, planted with dozens of species of endemic & indigenous plants, along with rare canoe plants, including their banana collection. It was left to them by Amy Greenwell specifically to maintain and preserve it. Instead it's being sold to infuse them with cash so they can do more stuff on Oahu, such as have a dinosaur exhibit, which of course was a critical aspect of Hawaiian culture, lol.

I was just glad I was there in January right before this was announced and got a few more keiki from unlabeled mats. Some of their banana cultivars exist in fewer than 10 locations. We also got a couple rare types into a tissue culture preservation project last summer.

Wow, that sounds pretty sleazy on the part of the Bishop Museum. I'm glad you were able to help preserve some of the rare banana varieties.

[robguz24]

First African Rhino Horn. Just under a year to flower. This has been one I've waited on for years with a weak plant from Aloha Tropicals that still hasn't flowered. Got this one from a friend nearby and it's been much more vigorous. Such a beautiful red plant too!

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8800_zpsvh42lqid.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8800_zpsvh42lqid.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8799_zpsx4hrse9l.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8799_zpsx4hrse9l.jpg.html)

[sputinc7]

Bananimal, could you describe the taste of VC bananas, please? Sub acid, more like Cavendish, something else? Also, who here might have one?

[geosulcata]

Saba
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/26558228900_e4cfd0fb0a.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GsRSbh)by SulcataGrove (https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/26659527950_1ffec2e741.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GBP3RC) by SulcataGrove (https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/), on Flickr

Dwarf Orinoco

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/27039143096_85a8531857.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HcmFdm)by SulcataGrove (https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/), on Flickr

[Nicolas Naranja]

I have an abundance of bunches again:woohoonaner:

Gros Michel
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0505_zpsehbx4pg4.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0505_zpsehbx4pg4.jpg.html)

Goldfinger
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0507_zpso4uv07og.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0507_zpso4uv07og.jpg.html)

FHIA-17
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0504_zpsrxdtwknr.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0504_zpsrxdtwknr.jpg.html)

Williams
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0502_zpshjqnkic0.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0502_zpshjqnkic0.jpg.html)

Dwarf Namwah
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0506_zpsywthhobl.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0506_zpsywthhobl.jpg.html)

Paggi
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0508_zpszec0kjxm.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0508_zpszec0kjxm.jpg.html)

Tall Namwah
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_0511_zpsqstiphvk.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_0511_zpsqstiphvk.jpg.html)

[Lau]

First bananas from this plant. I got this Gros Michel from Florida Hill on 08/01/2013. I hope I got the correct plant. :goteam::woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59783&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59783)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59784&size=1[/url=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59847]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59847&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59784)


My neighbor cut the Male Bud off yesterday while I was at work. I will have to wait until it blooms again for positive identification

[Lau]

I can not upload anymore photos to the gallery. My Fake Goldfinger, Raja Puri from Armstrongs and the Raja Puri from Home Depot are blooming. :gotham:

[sputinc7]

My first pup from my Brazilian that flowered last fall is about to flower..

Whole plant first...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59837&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59837&ppuser=22903)

Flower beginnings 1...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59838&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59838&ppuser=22903)

Flower beginnings 2...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59839&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59839&ppuser=22903)

I, of course, will add more pics after it begins making hands.
Flowering this time of year, I guess, should make a bigger raceme than my November one did, plus, this pup is much larger than the original TC mother plant was. Should ripen in less than 5 months as well. CAN'T WAIT!!

[Tytaylor77]

First Manzano flower for me. Should have several soon behind this one. Makes my 4th flower right now. Good timing this year. :woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59854&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59854&ppuser=20917)

[sputinc7]

My Brazilian, flower drooping now, ready to produce fruit...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59887&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59887&ppuser=22903)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59888&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59888&ppuser=22903)

It is nine feet tall where the flower comes out. I thought Brazilians were big. This is the second bunch, as this is the first pup of the original. Dwarf maybe? Anyway, excited to have a flower this time of year. Should make a nice raceme. (As of now, it's the only one I have big enough to flower. The next three pups are all about the same size, and should be of age in a couple months.)

[Lau]

I got a 1000 fingers banana plant pup from Florida Hills 07/08/2013. It is finally blooming. I should know soon if I have the correct plant.
:woohoonaner:


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59891&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59891&ppuser=16716)

[Tytaylor77]

Nice. Hope it's real. Keep posting updates. I always wanted to see how the hands form. Congrats.

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57121 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57121)

[robguz24]

My first FHIA-17, about 1 year to flower
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9013_zpspgczrykm.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9013_zpspgczrykm.jpg.html)

First FHIA-03. Probably going to miss this one since I'll be on vacation soon.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9014_zpsgyzltkdh.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9014_zpsgyzltkdh.jpg.html)

Ele Ele in the back, Maoli in the front, possibly Maoli Kaualau
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9017_zpsqyabegak.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9017_zpsqyabegak.jpg.html)

African Rhino Horn about 6 weeks from bud emergence
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9019_zpsmlfd8thw.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9019_zpsmlfd8thw.jpg.html)

This is a weird one given to me as "Ixino" but with no info on it. Thought it was a cavendish with its short, open petioles. Now that it's flowering it clearly isn't. Odd fruit shape. Male flowers with more pilali than any other I've grown. About 6' tall. Quite a lot of black on the plant. Perhaps some AA type? Reminds me of Veinte Cohol in terms of size, open petioles, lots of black but otherwise isn't based on the bunch appearance.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9023_zpsgnehwhfm.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9023_zpsgnehwhfm.jpg.html)

Pitogo with about 2 months of growth since flowering.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9024_zpsuvueinsz.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9024_zpsuvueinsz.jpg.html)

[Juicy Bananas]

My first FHIA-17, about 1 year to flower
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9013_zpspgczrykm.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9013_zpspgczrykm.jpg.html)

First FHIA-03. Probably going to miss this one since I'll be on vacation soon.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9014_zpsgyzltkdh.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9014_zpsgyzltkdh.jpg.html)

Ele Ele in the back, Maoli in the front, possibly Maoli Kaualau
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9017_zpsqyabegak.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9017_zpsqyabegak.jpg.html)

African Rhino Horn about 6 weeks from bud emergence
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9019_zpsmlfd8thw.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9019_zpsmlfd8thw.jpg.html)

This is a weird one given to me as "Ixino" but with no info on it. Thought it was a cavendish with its short, open petioles. Now that it's flowering it clearly isn't. Odd fruit shape. Male flowers with more pilali than any other I've grown. About 6' tall. Quite a lot of black on the plant. Perhaps some AA type? Reminds me of Veinte Cohol in terms of size, open petioles, lots of black but otherwise isn't based on the bunch appearance.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9023_zpsgnehwhfm.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9023_zpsgnehwhfm.jpg.html)

Pitogo with about 2 months of growth since flowering.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9024_zpsuvueinsz.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_9024_zpsuvueinsz.jpg.html)



Yes!! The Pitogo looks awesome! Can't wait to see the taste report.

[venturabananas]

Rob, the color of the male bracts of "Ixino" sure make it look like something unusual, unless the lighting was strange. I look forward to more reports on it from you.

[robguz24]

They are quite interesting! Here are a couple earlier pics. Especially interesting before it even opened.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8922_zps3irwah9m.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8922_zps3irwah9m.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8944_zpsh2ytu3d1.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8944_zpsh2ytu3d1.jpg.html)

[sputinc7]

Another pic from today, June 9 2016. Brazilian pup#1. Looks like about 80 fingers, so far. I think there will be more, time will tell. The original was a TC which flowered in late November after only 9 months and had 65 fingers which took 5 months to ripen. They were small but good. Hoping these get larger and ripen quicker being it flowered in June and the pup is much larger than the original.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59917&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59917&ppuser=22903)

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57078 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57078)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57121 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57121)

[sputinc7]

Finally done blooming. This is the first pup on my Brazilian. I ended up with 80 fingers, not as much an increase from the 65 on my original TC this pup came from, but I will take it, I guess. Hopefully they will get a bit larger this time, although it doesn't look like it will be a huge difference there, either. I have three more pups of the original which will likely flower in the next couple months as well, so there's that.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59976&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59976&ppuser=22903)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59978&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59978&ppuser=22903)

[blue java ice cream]

I have several different varieties blooming at the moment. All of these trees are first year tissue culture plants.


Fake Ice cream ( 4 seperate trees )

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60041&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60042&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60043&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60044&size=1


Dwarf Namwa

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60045&size=1


Pisang Raja

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60046&size=1


Ice cream ( bought from going bananas in Homestead )

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60047&size=1


Sweetheart, By far the largest tree with massive girth.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60048&size=1

[sputinc7]

I hope you are hungry... If not, I would like to offer my services as I need to taste some different ones, anyway. :D

[sputinc7]

Here is one more pic of my Brazilian bunch...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60049&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60049&ppuser=22903)

Looking like the next pup from the original plant is about to sprout a bloom soon, too YAY!!

[Lau]

I can't tell if this plant is a Thousand Fingers Banana Plant. Whatever it is its beautiful. :woohoonaner:


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60051&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60051&ppuser=16716)http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60050&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60050&ppuser=16716)

[robguz24]

I have several different varieties blooming at the moment. All of these trees are first year tissue culture plants.



Dwarf Namwa

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60045&size=1


Your Dwarf Namwah sure looks like an Ice Cream, even more so than the one from Going Bananas.

[robguz24]

I can't tell if this plant is a Thousand Fingers Banana Plant. Whatever it is its beautiful. :woohoonaner:


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60051&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60051&ppuser=16716)http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60050&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60050&ppuser=16716)

Looks like it is!

[Lau]

Looks like it is!

Thanks Rob, I thought the flowers looked similar, but the banana fingers look kind of long. Thanks Susan

[blue java ice cream]

Your Dwarf Namwah sure looks like an Ice Cream, even more so than the one from Going Bananas.

I thought the same thing. That Namwa was also purchased from going bananas and it flowered at a height of 5 feet. The one I had labeled as ice cream from going bananas flowered at 9 feet but it most definitely appears to not be an ice cream. The photo of the Namwa fruit makes the fruit to be more blueish in color than they really are. The fruit is more silverish in color and very waxy.
I harvested the Namwa bunch about five minutes ago and will let you know what the fruit tastes like within a few days.

[bengal tiger nanas]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60092&size=1 bananas in ohio. I left town for a week and came home to find the top off this banana plant. I had four leaves when I left. I don't know what happened but it was covered in earwigs.was happy to see the bloom but sad to see the top damaged

[robguz24]

First of this type of Ele Ele
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First FHIA-23
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[tanfenton]

I've experienced some success and some failure over the last few months. After losing multiple bunches and mature pseudostems to a partially-formed funnel cloud in the wake of Tropical Storm Colin, the bananas are defiantly producing again. Although Colin signaled a bittersweet goodbye to my Tigua (ouch!), Pisang Ceylon, Pisang Raja, and Gros Michel bunches, I was able to ripen the entire wind-fallen bunch of SH-3640 pictured below. It weighed out at 73 lbs several weeks after the second picture, with nary a bruise on the bunch following its precipitous fall.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60136&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60136&ppuser=20889)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60137&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60137&ppuser=20889)

The Puerto Rican Morado was the first to drop a post-Colin bud. Tiny, tiny bunch. The Morado was hit hard by flooding in November and December of 2015, and I was a bit overzealous in pupping it, so I blame that.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60141&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60141&ppuser=20889)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60138&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60138&ppuser=20889)

Dwarf Brazilian popped first-ratoon last week.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60134&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60134&ppuser=20889)

And now for your featured programming! I thought I might be the first to fruit Tigua in the North American hobbyist community, so I'm making no such prediction for the French Red. But thar she blows!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60135 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60135&ppuser=20889)

Here's a comparison of the French Red to an eight-foot step ladder. The other plants in row #4, heading east from the FR, are Morado, Tigua, and Pisang Ceylon.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60139 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60139&ppuser=20889)

Here's the progress of row #2, featuring FHIA-21, Pisang Mas, and Pisang Jari Buaya. Sandwiched between this and the French Red row are Gros Michel, Patupi, Pitogo, and Neypoovan.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60140 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60140&ppuser=20889)

Thanks for looking! And a big thank you to our man Hector for inspiring me to post an update of recent goings-on! :-)

[sputinc7]

WOW. Colin didn't seem like much, but it sure sounds like it was a lot for you. Sorry to hear of your losses. If you had expected more, you could have taken protective measures or simply cut the bunches and brought them in. Sad.

[HMelendez]

I've experienced some success and some failure over the last few months. After losing multiple bunches and mature pseudostems to a partially-formed funnel cloud in the wake of Tropical Storm Colin, the bananas are defiantly producing again. Although Colin signaled a bittersweet goodbye to my Tigua (ouch!), Pisang Ceylon, Pisang Raja, and Gros Michel bunches, I was able to ripen the entire wind-fallen bunch of SH-3640 pictured below. It weighed out at 73 lbs several weeks after the second picture, with nary a bruise on the bunch following its precipitous fall.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60136&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60136&ppuser=20889)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60137&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60137&ppuser=20889)

The Puerto Rican Morado was the first to drop a post-Colin bud. Tiny, tiny bunch. The Morado was hit hard by flooding in November and December of 2015, and I was a bit overzealous in pupping it, so I blame that.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60141&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60141&ppuser=20889)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60138&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60138&ppuser=20889)

Dwarf Brazilian popped first-ratoon last week.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60134&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60134&ppuser=20889)

And now for your featured programming! I thought I might be the first to fruit Tigua in the North American hobbyist community, so I'm making no such prediction for the French Red. But thar she blows!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60135 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60135&ppuser=20889)

Here's a comparison of the French Red to an eight-foot step ladder. The other plants in row #4, heading east from the FR, are Morado, Tigua, and Pisang Ceylon.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60139 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60139&ppuser=20889)

Here's the progress of row #2, featuring FHIA-21, Pisang Mas, and Pisang Jari Buaya. Sandwiched between this and the French Red row are Gros Michel, Patupi, Pitogo, and Neypoovan.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60140 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60140&ppuser=20889)

Thanks for looking! And a big thank you to our man Hector for inspiring me to post an update of recent goings-on! :-)


Nathaniel,


Congrats!....Wow!....You have a nice collection!...You are more than welcome my friend!.....Thank you for posting/sharing all this beautiful pictures!....Please keep updating/posting!...:bananarow:

Regards,
Hector

[tanfenton]

It's officially hanging!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60170 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60170&ppuser=20889)

[HMelendez]

It's officially hanging!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60170 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60170&ppuser=20889)


Congrats!.....:bananarow:

[tanfenton]

My last French Red update before this first bunch is harvested. Promise!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60259 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60259&ppuser=20889)

[eddiemunozep]

My Rajapuri is blooming Lake Elsinore Ca.



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60260&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60260&ppuser=16808)

[robguz24]

Ebun Musak-12 months to flower
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Monthan-13 months to flower
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Kunnan (with gecko)-13 months to flower
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[Lau]

I have a few banana plants blooming this year. I hope they ripen before it gets cold.

Namwah
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60502 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60491&ppuser=16716&sortby=v&sorttime=9999&way=asc)

Second Namwah
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60503 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60502&ppuser=16716)

Unknown Tall
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60509 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60508&ppuser=16716)

Second Unknown Tall
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60510 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60509&ppuser=16716)

Third Unknown Tall
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60508 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60507&ppuser=16716)

Raja Puri
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60505 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60504&ppuser=16716)

Second Raja Puri
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60504 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60503&ppuser=16716)

Unknown Plant
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60506 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60505&ppuser=16716)

Unknown short Plant
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60507 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60506&ppuser=16716)

Thousand Fingers
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60511 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60510&ppuser=16716)

Gros Michel
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60512 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60511&ppuser=16716)

Patupi
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60513 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60512&ppuser=16716)

[brunana]

Hey Susan, how tall is your Gros Michel?

[Lau]

it's about 12' tall.

[robguz24]

Cardaba, another which has lavender pedicels at first, like Namwah and Ice cream.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/34835344604/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Cardaba"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4143/34835344604_24b480a2ff_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Cardaba"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35636731806/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Cardaba"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4218/35636731806_e9d088ab3e_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Cardaba"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mai'a Iholena
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Huti (Shamba Nyeelu), one with a yellow bell, and mostly yellow-green inflorescence.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35289239540/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Huti"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4002/35289239540_6e4068c640_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Huti"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/34867231153/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Huti"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4168/34867231153_827ea0245d_h.jpg" width="1600" height="1200" alt="Huti"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[geosulcata]

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Mysore

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Gipungusi?

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Saba

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/29542181125/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_1719"><img src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8233/29542181125_02a02db443_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="IMG_1719"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/29542181575/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_1723"><img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8559/29542181575_e82d885fee_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="IMG_1723"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Dwarf Orinco

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/28919441793/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_1703"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8268/28919441793_f86f0377ab_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="IMG_1703"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Ney Mannan lost in Hermine - corm was split midway horizontally

[Nicolas Naranja]

2 tall nam wahs
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/A8448FB2-5CDD-4871-A9CB-A4EC6ADC568E_zpsk0clnnpa.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/A8448FB2-5CDD-4871-A9CB-A4EC6ADC568E_zpsk0clnnpa.jpg.html)

Mysore
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/DA09DEFA-BFCC-4379-8C7D-E40A58EDB898_zpsafcsyn7p.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/DA09DEFA-BFCC-4379-8C7D-E40A58EDB898_zpsafcsyn7p.jpg.html)

Williams
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/370B1435-6405-4CA3-9BA1-714D1A2A4156_zpscjc5ypde.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/370B1435-6405-4CA3-9BA1-714D1A2A4156_zpscjc5ypde.jpg.html)

FHIA-3
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/134B5F07-EF2D-4C17-AFFF-7602D9B679C9_zpsvvjs9u0v.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/134B5F07-EF2D-4C17-AFFF-7602D9B679C9_zpsvvjs9u0v.jpg.html)

FHIA-1
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/93BAFFD5-453E-405A-AEE3-2D314C7442A2_zpsvwjyuizz.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/93BAFFD5-453E-405A-AEE3-2D314C7442A2_zpsvwjyuizz.jpg.html)

[Nicolas Naranja]

3 williams
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/4E00A8BB-2511-4AC3-A5C8-01DDF187AC86_zpspeclwkac.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/4E00A8BB-2511-4AC3-A5C8-01DDF187AC86_zpspeclwkac.jpg.html)

[sputinc7]

This should have happened a month ago, but my second pup on the D. Brazilian is popping out a flower. They finally started growing again a few weeks ago after way too much K back in June put them into suspended animation. I have two other pups from the original TC plant that will be flowering soon as well. If the bunch I have hanging that flowered in late May take the full 5 months the first bunch did, I will have 4 bunches hanging from the one mat in a few weeks.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60559&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60559&ppuser=22903)

The original TC bloomed at 8 feet, the first pup at 9 feet, this one measures in at 10 feet at the bloom.

[PR-Giants]

A very tall Dwarf Brazilian, 11 or 12 hands so far. :woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52792 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52792)

[Kat2]

I've been cussing this perhaps D Namwah for months; she just keeps getting taller and leaning to the east while laughing at my pleas for more effort on her part. Sure, I've done all that leaf studying (tried) but to no avail; she kept pushing out ever larger leaves whilst snickering at my attention. Fine. I gave up. Hey, I was 2 weeks overdue with DS and she's far beyond that time frame so obviously a dud. Just my luck!

Then the other day my now unwatched and totally ignored musa surprised me...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60623&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60623&ppuser=17055)

Easter basket fillers? :ha:

[sputinc7]

I've been cussing this perhaps D Namwah for months; she just keeps getting taller and leaning to the east while laughing at my pleas for more effort on her part. Sure, I've done all that leaf studying (tried) but to no avail; she kept pushing out ever larger leaves whilst snickering at my attention. Fine. I gave up. Hey, I was 2 weeks overdue with DS and she's far beyond that time frame so obviously a dud. Just my luck!

Then the other day my now unwatched and totally ignored musa surprised me...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60623&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60623&ppuser=17055)

Easter basket fillers? :ha:

They certainly shouldn't take that long... But you won't be giving them away for xmas, either.

[sputinc7]

Well, time for an update on my Dwarf Brazilian mat... Pup one has a bunch hanging which we will likely be eating in a few weeks, pup two is flowering now and has 2 hands already and pup three now has a flower poking it's head out. They go counter clockwise around the mat. Pup four looks like it is now putting out it's 3 foot pre flag, so I may just end up with all four pups producing at once. I find that very cool.

Here is the whole mat, for reference...Please note the 5th pup growing vigorously there in the front. Will likely be an early spring bloom.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60638&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60638&ppuser=22903)

Here is a pic of pups one and two together from a couple days ago...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60640&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60640&ppuser=22903)

Here is the newest addition to the family of flowers...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60639&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60639&ppuser=22903)

And last but not least, an update on pup 2 as of today, 9/22/16 with 2 hands already.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60641&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60641&ppuser=22903)

[venturabananas]

Well, time for an update on my Dwarf Brazilian mat...

That's not Dwarf Brazilian, it's regular (tall) Brazilian. The leaves are way too elongate for DB.

[sputinc7]

Well, here is the story... I bought this as a Manzano, but after my first bunch was hanging, Gabe took one look and told me Brazilian. I sent him another pic, and he reconfirmed it as Brazilian.
Dwarf Brazilian flowers at around 8-10 feet and has a dirty rachis and smallish fruit similar in size to Mysore, which is all true of these, except the rachis is nowhere near as messy as most people's pics, as the rachis only keeps some mess, but all the petals fall off and after 8-10 male sets, the rachis is clean after that.
Standard or tall Brazilian has a completely clean rachis and larger fruit, about 2/3 - 3/4 length fruits as well as fruiting in the 15-20 foot range. All these have flowered between 8-10 feet, so far.
I had not considered the leaves much before, I will do a little research and find out more.
I did some research, please see this thread... http://www.bananas.org/f2/dwarf-brazilian-12013.html

[venturabananas]

I wouldn't get too hung up on height. Tall varieties can fruit short under a variety of circumstances. It is possible that yours is not "Tall" Brazilian because 8-10' is very short for that variety, but is definitely not Dwarf Brazilian. It has the wrong morphology -- and morphology is really what defines dwarfism. Dwarfs have shorter and broader leaves than their parent variety. Yours does not have those dwarf morphology leaves. And dwarf Pome varieties have very persistent bracts down the whole length of the rachis.

It may be an intermediate height morph of the Pome subgroup and not true Brazilian. I also bought something as Manzano that turned out to be a Pome, much like yours, but taller. Dwarf Brazilian and regular Brazilian are not the only varieties in the Pome subgroup, and yours could be one of those other varieties. In my climate at least, fruit size is not different between tall and dwarf versions of Pome varieties.

Whatever your is, it looks great. Nice bunches at a manageable height. I was my non-dwarf Pome varieties fruited at that height!

[sputinc7]

Well, whatever they are, they seem cold hardy, fast growing and tasty, so I will be keeping them. We had a white roof and lawn last winter which knocked back a few weeds didn't bother it one bit. Had a bunch on and everything. Didn't even color the leaves. They taste similar to Mysore, only they are a bit bigger and not so closely bunched at the bottom.

[robguz24]

On equally happy plants DB fruit are larger than Mysore. I also don't get a difference in fruit size between the dwarf and tall.

[robguz24]

FHIA-25 Nice sized rack, but nothing like on the FHIA info sheet for this cultivar. About 7' and 16 months to flower. Beautiful plant.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35676212715/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="FHIA-25"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4167/35676212715_da3caaf1c7_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="FHIA-25"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Huti (Shumba Nyeelu). Just an update with the yellow male bud. Just learned this is a M'shale cultivar. If it's a tasty as the Muraru M'shale then it's a winner. I think it has 8 hands and has grown much better than Muraru M'shale or Muraru Mulalu for me.
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[sputinc7]

They are at a very easy height to deal with. I can easily reach the bottom of the bunch. I can't say I know the fruit sizes are different, but I had read somewhere, likely on here, that the full size had bigger fruits. I also remember from my honeymoon that the "apple bananas" I had in Kauai were more like Chiquita size. They were my first taste of a "different" banana. I bet I ate 50 of them in that week.

[Kat2]

They are at a very easy height to deal with. I can easily reach the bottom of the bunch. I can't say I know the fruit sizes are different, but I had read somewhere, likely on here, that the full size had bigger fruits. I also remember from my honeymoon that the "apple bananas" I had in Kauai were more like Chiquita size. They were my first taste of a "different" banana. I bet I ate 50 of them in that week.Your memories of your honeymoon are of different bananas you tasted? I get it but your wife must be a saint; if we ever get a potluck/plant swap/meet up organized, I'd love to meet her.

[sputinc7]

Not just them, have you ever been to Hamura's down by the airport and had the special? It's saimin with extra meat... Mmmm MMmmm ... Nobody stateside makes Saimin... Not even Hawaiian restaurants!! I mean, come on, it's the state dish in Hawaii. Even McDonald's has it there.

Rant over.

I have lots of memories of Kauai, and many are in the 1300 pics I took in one week. The mangoes, pummelos the size of basketballs, I am NOT exaggerating! The chickens...Wild chickens. (We were told they are called "jungle fowl") Waimea canyon. The beaches, of course... And did I mention the delicious bananas? :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubdJxw8wCrk

[robguz24]

Popo'ulu Ka'io. Estimated to be only 30 plants left of this cultivar.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35289363980/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_0953"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4081/35289363980_5803c2aa16_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_0953"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Unknown Iholena obtained from Kahanu Garden, Maui. Iholenas are always quite beautiful. This one is less red than some I have.
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[sputinc7]

OK.. Now we have three plus a pre flag...

Pup 1 bunch with 2 in background...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60689&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60689&ppuser=22903)

Pup 2 all done blooming and waiting...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60688&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60688&ppuser=22903)

Finally, number three starting to bloom today, Oct 3 2016...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60690&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60690&ppuser=22903)

I don't know what will become of them as Matthew is coming our way in a couple days... Pup # 4 has a preflag on, so it is gonna bloom soon, as well.

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56725 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56725)

[Mark Dragt]

Wow! Look at those wind torn leaves. Great picture Keith!
What is your average height of the Manini at flowering? Nice size bunch.
:nanadrink:

[PR-Giants]

Thanks Mark, I don't even notice the torn leaves it's completely normal here growing bananas on the top of the mountain overlooking the Alantic & Caribbean. :08:

Wow! Look at those wind torn leaves. Great picture Keith!
What is your average height of the Manini at flowering? Nice size bunch.
:nanadrink:

[PR-Giants]

Found another one today.

Mountain banana farming is hard work but the view and the breeze are great.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50660 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50660)

[HMelendez]

Nice Manini town over the Puerto Rican mountain view Keith!....Thanks for sharing the picture!...

[PR-Giants]

Nice Manini town over the Puerto Rican mountain view Keith!....Thanks for sharing the picture!...

Every day there are more and more Manini towns springing up in the US.

You're doing some amazing growing in Florida, thanks for all that you contribute to the org.

:woohoonaner:

[PR-Giants]

Wow! Look at those wind torn ...

Found another one this morning. :08:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51080 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51080)

[HMelendez]

Every day there are more and more Manini towns springing up in the US.

You're doing some amazing growing in Florida, thanks for all that you contribute to the org.

:woohoonaner:


Thank you Keith!...I really appreciated!....

[HMelendez]

Found another one this morning. :08:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51080 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51080)



WOW!....Amazing Manini picture Keith!....


I can't wait for my Manini to flower!....Hopefully it does next year!...Just opened a new leaf on 10/17/2016!....Holding the weather much better now!...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60748 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60748)

[robguz24]

My first Highgate, about 10 hands so far. 15 months to flower.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35289525840/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Highgate"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4192/35289525840_f1a9946047_h.jpg" width="1600" height="1200" alt="Highgate"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[brod]

2 new bloomers.

Pisang Ceylan, 13 months from planting. My first for this one. Looking forward for tasting.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/Brodklop/Mobile%20Uploads/20161109_090500_zpsx35k2het.jpg (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/Brodklop/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20161109_090500_zpsx35k2het.jpg.html)

Dwarf Cavendish
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/Brodklop/Mobile%20Uploads/20161108_063423_zpsalonfwiv.jpg (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/Brodklop/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20161108_063423_zpsalonfwiv.jpg.html)

How many days/months for Dwarf Cav to ripen from blooming in sub tropical conditions??.
It is now close to summer so will ripen in good growing conditions.

Cheers

[PR-Giants]

A couple of Dwarf Brazilian

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51027 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51027)

VC

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56198 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56198)

[Nicolas Naranja]

Baloy, I know nothing about it except that it is a very short cavendish.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_1646_zpsztkuezrb.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_1646_zpsztkuezrb.jpg.html)

[JBijl]

Real nice pics

[Nicolas Naranja]

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/713BC489-BDFA-46FA-8CB7-AF9A309DB559_zpsw9hkrezr.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/713BC489-BDFA-46FA-8CB7-AF9A309DB559_zpsw9hkrezr.jpg.html)

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/EEDE389E-5954-4C15-A488-727E6B6EBBD8_zpsp5uwkuca.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/EEDE389E-5954-4C15-A488-727E6B6EBBD8_zpsp5uwkuca.jpg.html)

Dwarf Puerto Rican plantain and a FHIA-17. The FHIA-17 flower is massive.

[HMelendez]

Congrats Nick!



I'm glad to see that you are recovering after all your losses from hurricane Mathew!.....

[mskin]

Night Time Visitor

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61044&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61044)

[JBijl]

Thanks for the nice pic

[sputinc7]

That FHIA 17 is a big plant as well... How tall is it?

[PR-Giants]

Florida blooming

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51042 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51042)

[HMelendez]

Florida blooming

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51042 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51042)



Beautiful Florida Variegated!....What is the height approx. of the Florida Variegated Plant at flowering/blooming right now?..... Thank you Keith for sharing/posting the awesome picture!.....

*****I sent you a PM!*****

[brod]

New bunch on my Grand Naine.

Got ten hands this time round :woohoonaner:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/Brodklop/20161227_175948_zpsshpkpg1d.jpg (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/Brodklop/media/20161227_175948_zpsshpkpg1d.jpg.html)

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/Brodklop/20161227_180034_zps2zkd9mec.jpg (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/Brodklop/media/20161227_180034_zps2zkd9mec.jpg.html)

Cheers
Brod

[JBijl]

Hello Brod
Nice pics but i see also a pineapple and papaya.
You are growing your own fruit salad
Regards Jeroen

[sputinc7]

A couple of Dwarf Brazilian

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51027 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51027)

VC

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56198 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56198)

That is the first D Brazilian I have seen that looks like what I have. The rachis is somewhat messy but the flower petals don't stay and it even has a clean area... Just like the ones I have. Every other DB I have seen has a much messier rachis with all the petals remaining. That has led me to question if I actually have a true DB. see mine here...

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61060&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61060&ppuser=22903)

[venturabananas]

Steve, the pseudostem on your plant looks much too slender to be Dwarf Brazilian. DB is a much stouter plant than yours appears to be. Notice also how narrow the male bud is on yours, with very little imbrication. Yours in not DB.

[CraigSS]

Night Time Visitor

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61044&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61044) Nothing like having a guard over your crops at night!:ha:

[robguz24]

Manai Ula. Maoli type which starts off with red fruit for the first month, which then fade to green.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/34867705603/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="Manai Ula"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4244/34867705603_ee26b83a4b_h.jpg" width="1600" height="1200" alt="Manai Ula"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Caline]

My Lady Finger Banana has flowered for the first time since planting about 12 months ago.
Fruits are visible and showing more each day!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61138&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61138)


:goteam: :0517::nanadrink:

[CraigSS]

Looking good.

Craig:03:

[kaczercat]

congrats! How tall is it?

[Caline]

congrats! How tall is it?
The Banana plant is about 14 ft tall over all. Height to flower is about 10 feet.
Here's the same banana with a bit of garden .
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61141&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61141)

Thanks!

[beam2050]

they look well cared for.

[robguz24]

Pisang Lilin
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Saba Dippig
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[Caline]

Hello y'all,

I just read on a garden website that the flower should be cut off after fruit is set so it doesn't draw energy away from the fruit. There are a few small hands and the flower and stem continue stretching out.

Should I cut off the flower? or leave it?

Thank you.

[sputinc7]

It makes very little difference, if any in the fruit, but may make some small difference in weight if tipping is a problem. Be sure there is at least a foot of stem between the last bananas and the flower, otherwise the stem rots back and could kill your bananas.

[venturabananas]

...Be sure there is at least a foot of stem between the last bananas and the flower, otherwise the stem rots back and could kill your bananas.

I think this practice, which makes sense on the surface, doesn't actually work and isn't necessary. A common commercial practice to cut the rachis and flower bud off immediately below one or more fingers. Because the fingers are still growing, drawing water and nutrients, the rachis ("stem") remains alive and does not rot. If you cut the rachis above the flower, but leave a foot-long "tail" as you see sometimes suggested, that "tail" portion of the rachis will die because nothing is left to draw nutrients through it, actually encouraging rot. At least that's been my experience.

[sputinc7]

I do not have a lot of practical experience with this subject at present so I wanted to help based mostly on what others have said. I know I cut the bloom on my first bunch after just a few inches and it all turned out alright, but waited on my next two and they are both dying off, although most likely from some other cause yet to be determined ( See here: http://www.bananas.org/f310/new-issue-bananas-turning-black-dying-46868.html ) My last bunch I have left, I have not cut the bloom at all.

Your hypothesis makes sense to me. Especially since the commercial growers don't wait to cut...Given the time and enough banana plants, I will experiment and find out some stuff from experience. I have 11 varieties, so all I need to do now is water, fertilize and wait. :D

[Caline]

I don't have 12 inches between the flower and the last bananas. I am just going to leave the flower alone. This is a Lady Finger.

[Richard]

I don't have 12 inches between the flower and the last bananas. I am just going to leave the flower alone. This is a Lady Finger.

Re-read the response from venturabananas.

[brod]

Dwarf Brazillian

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/Brodklop/20170130_135641_zpse1opkk5j.jpg (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/Brodklop/media/20170130_135641_zpse1opkk5j.jpg.html)

2 bunches

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/Brodklop/20170130_135740_zpsflwm3szi.jpg (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/Brodklop/media/20170130_135740_zpsflwm3szi.jpg.html)

[robguz24]

Only the 2nd Double Mahoi I've had that has done any doubling. Unfortunately just the male bud which doesn't make more fruit. Cool looking though.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35547053861/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_2803"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4230/35547053861_ea0be32697_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_2803"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gran Nain Sumatrana Cross, as it's known anyway. Will be interesting to see if these are edible at all.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35677278115/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_2801"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4232/35677278115_0993516769_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_2801"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[jayk9]

Does anyone know what type of banana it is?

https://s30.postimg.org/5fn5cee75/16409588_10154692735701917_1396304744_o.jpg

https://s30.postimg.org/3p44awwo1/16409956_10154692731196917_700603981_o.jpg

https://s30.postimg.org/jbvdoaag1/16466596_10154692731096917_1089664663_o.jpg

https://s30.postimg.org/auvvdd5r5/16466745_10154692730971917_316659681_o.jpg

[venturabananas]

Looks like Orinoco to me. When the fingers get bigger, it will be easier to tell.

[Tytaylor77]

I vote Orinoco.

[jayk9]

Looks like Orinoco to me. When the fingers get bigger, it will be easier to tell.

I vote Orinoco.

I have no knowledge so I'll just keep what you guys said in mind. When it gets a bit bigger, I will take photo again for you guys to see and be able to recognize more clearly. Thank you guys.

[Caline]

Hello Banana grower friends,
I'm posting a new update picture of the bananas today. I am inexperienced and need your kind input.
Do you see any yellow coloring?
Are they ripening?
What do you think?
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61207><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61207&size=1 border=0></a>

[venturabananas]

Nowhere near ripe. They need to fill out a lot more. Be patient.

[sputinc7]

They take months to ripen. Some only a couple or three months, others take 6 months or more... Like he said, be patient. Once one turns yellow, harvest the bunch and make a note of how long from flower to ripe for the next time.

[robguz24]

First rack of Highgate. Nice large bunch with 12 hands but the fruit themselves are kind of small. The last 2 months of drought hasn't helped. Surprisingly these just aren't as good as the few other Gros Michel variants I've grown or tried.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35567224181/" title="Highgate"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4217/35567224181_39b3331021_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="Highgate"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[robguz24]

Agristarts Goldfinger busting out.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/34836858594/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_3023"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4265/34836858594_88ceb13705_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3023"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[monkeysee]

I admire! It is so beautiful!

[robguz24]

Excited to have this one coming soon, Muraru Mulalu. Gabe spoke highly of it a while ago and I love the Muraru Mshale and Huti. They all look pretty spectacular at this stage of flowering.
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35508773552/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_3027"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/35508773552_ad5044d8ed_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3027"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35508808092/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_3028"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4274/35508808092_21be41f96d_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3028"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/34868533893/in/album-72157682999413993/" title="IMG_3029"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4115/34868533893_fbd037cd7b_h.jpg" width="1200" height="1600" alt="IMG_3029"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[HMelendez]

Congrats Rob!....



Please, keep us update of harvesting time and taste report!.....:bananarow:

[Caline]

I'm posting this April update of my first bananas fruit.
I can tell they seem to be rounding out a bit, but still not sure.

Does it look like I should harvest soon?

:nanadrink:

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61382><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61382&size=1 border=0></a>

[venturabananas]

I think they would ripen fine at this point, from the look of them, but personally, I'd let them fill out a bit more.

[sputinc7]

I try to wait until I see a little ripening on the vine, so to speak. That way you are sure they are as ripe as they can be. What kind is that?

[PR-Giants]

The 10 & 11 foot Veinte Cohol produced bunches similar in size to the 8 foot plants, just takes longer. Every banana cultivar that we've evaluated so far has had better field production when grown in properly sized pots. It obviously effects the height of the plant but more importantly it effects the length of the vegetative phase which dramatically increases production. Our Verdin that produce at over 20' in ground are producing quality bunches at 8'.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51172 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51172)

[Caline]

I try to wait until I see a little ripening on the vine, so to speak. That way you are sure they are as ripe as they can be. What kind is that?

It is a dwarf Lady Finger. Thanks for the tip . I'll wait until they get some yellow.

[venturabananas]

It is a dwarf Lady Finger. Thanks for the tip . I'll wait until they get some yellow.

With that "clean rachis" it doesn't look like a dwarf variety.

[PR-Giants]

Colder than normal winter :lurk:

This variegated took about 6 months to bloom and made a lot of pretty pups.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51044 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51044)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56851 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56851)

[PR-Giants]

It is a dwarf Lady Finger. Thanks for the tip . I'll wait until they get some yellow.

Lady Finger is a name that refers to many different bananas, subgroups, and genotypes.

Yours looks like an ABB Awak. News, knowledge and information on bananas (http://www.promusa.org/Pisang+Awak)

Here's a link to an AA Florida Lady Finger banana News, knowledge and information on bananas (http://www.promusa.org/Sucrier)

[Hammocked Banana]

So Keith, what is the key to getting them to fruit shorter? Will they just flower at a shorter hight when conditions are better? Bigger pot? More nutrients?

[PR-Giants]

This looks pretty spectacular at this stage of flowering.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51992 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51992)

[PR-Giants]

So Keith, what is the key to getting them to fruit shorter? Will they just flower at a shorter hight when conditions are better? Bigger pot? More nutrients?

There are a lot of ways to get a plant to flower at a shorter height, I've read how some club members here force a stress flower. But my experience with a plant flowering under stress is that the stress also effects the bunch and can produce a bunch with no fruit, similar to a banana flowering in a heavily shaded area.

Like I said in this post and have been saying for the past five years, growing a banana in a properly sized pot has it's advantages. The shape of the pot can also improve it's efficiency which will allow for a reduced size, but it's really about understanding roots or your root zone. A plant with unlimited spaced for it's roots can grow massive but it doesn't necessarily need to be massive to produce an acceptable bunch. By limiting your root zone to a proper size you then have control over the size of the plant, the duration of the vegetative phase, and also the bunch size.










when grown in properly sized pots. It obviously effects the height of the plant

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51172 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51172)

[SonnyCrockett]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61407&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61407&ppuser=21632)

Raja Puri still going. Now let's see if we actually get any fruit.

[Lau]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61407&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61407&ppuser=21632)

Raja Puri still going. Now let's see if we actually get any fruit.

That bud looks a little small to be a true Raja Puri.

[SonnyCrockett]

Uh oh... what does it look like then?

Is it just small because there are on two leaves on it? It lost all of the leaves this winter and only just started growing again when it flowered.

[meizzwang]

Sonnycrockett: after the female flowers bloom out, check the male flowers (don't cut off the male bud): if they're persistent (don't fall off the rachis), there's a good chance it's rajapuri.

Also, keep us posted on how the bunch develops, if at all. I'm interested to see if you can get fruit to fully mature if all the leaves have died off the fruiting P-stem.

Apparently, the side pups will "feed" the developing bunch (be sure to keep developing side pups happy), but it seems most of the reports I've read about are from bunches that are already somewhat developed (ie. they flowered months before, leaves all got fried during the winter, next spring comes around, and the bunches mature). Anyone have experience with flowering a P-stem with no leaves and then getting all the fruit to reach maturity?

[Lau]

Uh oh... what does it look like then?

Is it just small because there are on two leaves on it? It lost all of the leaves this winter and only just started growing again when it flowered.

Here are some pictures of my plant. I'm not sure what you have. Maybe it is small because it lost all the leaves.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54607&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54607)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60505 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60504&ppuser=16716)http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60179&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60179&ppuser=16716)

[venturabananas]

Anyone have experience with flowering a P-stem with no leaves and then getting all the fruit to reach maturity?

Yes, but those bananas were MUCH smaller than they would have been if there had been leaves on that p-stem.

[Lau]

I purchased a Praying Hands Plant and it is finally blooming. I don't think its praying hands. The fingers at the top look too far apart.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61422&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61422)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61421&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61421)

[Tytaylor77]

Haha maybe those praying hands pray with fingers apart ;)

Nice bunch so far. Hopefully you will find out what it is. Yellow flowers so maybe some kinda A type.

Where did you get it Susan?

As always your blooms look amazing!
Your Real Raja Puri pictures should be in the wiki!!!

[Lau]

I purchased two banana plants (Red Kru and Praying Hands) from Aloha Tropicals. The Red Kru is probably an African rhino horn. I hope the not Praying Hands taste good.:08:

[robguz24]

My Red Kru from them turned out to be an ARH which never fruited. Virtually everything from them is wrong. I surprised they don't tape a banana leaf to a Dole banana and claim its a banana plant.

[Lau]

Now we know Red Kru from them could be ARH what do you think the Not Praying Hands is?

They advertise such exotic bananas on their web page it's hard to resist. I wonder if they have those banana plants? Has anyone had luck with them?

[robguz24]

I actually had something from them turn out to be praying hands. My theory is they just ship whatever they have. My Monkey Fingers from them was a tall Brazilian, but one in which the fruit don't fill out. No idea what that other one of yours could be. Some more pics and info would help, showing petiole length and openness, height. Also, do the undersides of new leaves have any pink? Namwahs can have a very light pink which fades, while it's darker on Mysore types and doesn't fade as much. One of my thoughts is that your other might be a Mysore, but more pics might make be instead rule that out.

[Lau]

I actually had something from them turn out to be praying hands. My theory is they just ship whatever they have. My Monkey Fingers from them was a tall Brazilian, but one in which the fruit don't fill out. No idea what that other one of yours could be. Some more pics and info would help, showing petiole length and openness, height. Also, do the undersides of new leaves have any pink? Namwahs can have a very light pink which fades, while it's darker on Mysore types and doesn't fade as much. One of my thoughts is that your other might be a Mysore, but more pics might make be instead rule that out.

The plant is about 14' tall. The underside of the leaves are green. I will try to get some better pictures.

Susan

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61434&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61434)

[robguz24]

Pitogo
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Pisang Lilin
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[Juicy Bananas]

Wow! The Pitogo looks awesome. I can't wait to see the finished nanners.

[robguz24]

French Plantain
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[robguz24]

First bloom on my Ele Ele obtained from Kahanu Garden, Hana, Maui.
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[Kegas76]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61586&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61586)
1000 finger is finally past the first few worthless hands.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61587&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61587)
Orinoco is so slow to make any progress, maybe there will be some fruit when I get back from vacation.

[SonnyCrockett]

Sonnycrockett: after the female flowers bloom out, check the male flowers (don't cut off the male bud): if they're persistent (don't fall off the rachis), there's a good chance it's rajapuri.

Also, keep us posted on how the bunch develops, if at all. I'm interested to see if you can get fruit to fully mature if all the leaves have died off the fruiting P-stem.

Apparently, the side pups will "feed" the developing bunch (be sure to keep developing side pups happy), but it seems most of the reports I've read about are from bunches that are already somewhat developed (ie. they flowered months before, leaves all got fried during the winter, next spring comes around, and the bunches mature). Anyone have experience with flowering a P-stem with no leaves and then getting all the fruit to reach maturity?

It made 5 hands, then male flowers that are falling off. What does that mean?

[PR-Giants]

That was fast :08:

The short fat little gal squeezed out a pup overnight. :goteam:


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50858 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50858)

A 7 foot Variegated Dwarf Namwa with 10 hands so far. The skinny little Variegated Dwarf Namwa pup in the photo below next to the five gallon bucket was removed from the mother plant during flower emergence.

What makes this particular Variegated Dwarf Namwa mama special and that skinny little Variegated Dwarf Namwa pup below skinny is that there is a sibling pup that's the same height but is 3.1 times as fat with many more leaves.

So far it appears to be some type of Variegated Super Dwarf Namwa mutation and we should know in a few months if the trait is passed along to it's pups.




http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57149 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57149)

:woohoonaner:

The Variegated Dwarf Namwa pup on the right is similar to all of the other Variegated Dwarf Namwa pups produced so far and is 8 inches taller than the odd looking fat pup on the left.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57116 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57116)

Side by side comparison of two Variegated Dwarf Namwa that are both the same height.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52481 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50969)


A beautiful jumbo brick... Variegated Florida, planted over a dozen of these yesterday. :08:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57131 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57131)

Variegated Namwa and Florida are prolific puppers and prices should soon be in the $10 to $15 range.

:woohoonaner:

[SonnyCrockett]

url=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61599]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61599&size=1[/url]

Those flowers on the bottom ended up falling off. Does that mean it's not Raja Puri?

[venturabananas]

Those flowers on the bottom ended up falling off. Does that mean it's not Raja Puri?

If they fall off without you pulling them off, then it isn't Rajapuri.

[SonnyCrockett]

If they fall off without you pulling them off, then it isn't Rajapuri.


Uh-oh...What could it be then? It's all green and the stem is short and thick with relatively big leaves for its size. This one had 6 feet of stem before winter, which died back some and flowered immediately this spring at about 4'.

[SonnyCrockett]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61605&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61605)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61604&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61604)

This is what it looks like today. After taking a closer look at it, the absolute bottom of the stem has a light pink tint to them, so they are not completely green stems. Also, the edge of the leaves have a thin pink line around the edge. Not nearly as pink as my Nam Wahs though.

[robguz24]

FHIA-03 Sweetheart. This bud is huge, but it doesn't really come across in the picture.
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[HMelendez]

FHIA-03 Sweetheart. This bud is huge, but it doesn't really come across in the picture.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3151_zpsno24zdvk.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3151_zpsno24zdvk.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3196_zpslelgorhu.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3196_zpslelgorhu.jpg.html)



Congrats!.....:08:


Awesome job Rob!.....How tall did The FHIA-3 "Sweetheart" got at flowering?...

[robguz24]

Maybe 10' or so. 2nd rack off this one.

[sputinc7]

Another flower coming out on the trusty old Brazilian type... It's been a very dry winter here, and even with the watering everybody's bananas look like crap this spring. Maybe that is why this one surprised me by flowering at only 9 feet when the last 3 were at 10, 10'6 and a little over 11', respectively. Ps is kinda thin as well. I must admit the mat needs some thinning too... But, in any event, here it is:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61649&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61649&ppuser=22903)

I am looking forward to having some other varieties to call my trusty old mat...

[beam2050]

Another flower coming out on the trusty old Brazilian type... It's been a very dry winter here, and even with the watering everybody's bananas look like crap this spring. Maybe that is why this one surprised me by flowering at only 9 feet when the last 3 were at 10, 10'6 and a little over 11', respectively. Ps is kinda thin as well. I must admit the mat needs some thinning too... But, in any event, here it is:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61649&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61649&ppuser=22903)

I am looking forward to having some other varieties to call my trusty old mat...
yes way to dry. digging in the ground here is like digging in talcum powder. even with the irrigation system. bananas are growing slow.

[robguz24]

African Rhino Horn. Looks like 20 fingers, vs. 14 on the same mat last year.
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[meizzwang]

African Rhino Horn. Looks like 20 fingers, vs. 14 on the same mat last year.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3203_zpsm61vqykh.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_3203_zpsm61vqykh.jpg.html)

Just out of curiosity, how does ARH taste compared to other plantains?

[robguz24]

Just out of curiosity, how does ARH taste compared to other plantains?

I thought they were the best I've had, though I've never compared them to others at the same time.

[kazzel]

Great pics! Congrats!

[robguz24]

Another Huti
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[venturabananas]

Those green bracts on Huti are just such a trip compared to what you see on all the varieties I grow.

[Danounet]

I thought they were the best I've had, though I've never compared them to others at the same time.

How tall are Rhino horns at flowering?

Thanks

[robguz24]

How tall are Rhino horns at flowering?

Thanks

Maybe 10-12', though everything I grow is shorter than places that actually have soil, including down the road where the ground is 300+ years old instead of 62.

[Lau]

I have a few bananas blooming right now. :goteam:

Namwah
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Ice-Cream Namwah
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Raja Puri
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Second Raja Puri
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Unknown
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Second Unknown
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Dwarf Giant
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[venturabananas]

With the coloration of the bracts and the wide open petiole canal with wide wings, the first unknown sure seems to be some Cavendish type.

[sputinc7]

yes way to dry. digging in the ground here is like digging in talcum powder. even with the irrigation system. bananas are growing slow.

It not only flowered 2 feet shorter than the last 2 stalks but it only made half a bunch.
On the bright side, it looks like I will have a Namwah flower to post soon as the last leaf was 2 feet shorter than the rest.

[Lau]

With the coloration of the bracts and the wide open petiole canal with wide wings, the first unknown sure seems to be some Cavendish type.

I purchased a Gran Nain and Williams at the same time, so it could be either plant. Dwarf Cavendish could be another choice. Are Williams and Dwarf Cavendish the same plant?

Susan

[venturabananas]

I purchased a Gran Nain and Williams at the same time, so it could be either plant. Dwarf Cavendish could be another choice. Are Williams and Dwarf Cavendish the same plant?

Susan

Those are all different Cavendish cultivars and very similar in appearance. On average, DC would fruit at the shortest heights (typically 6-7', from what I've seen) and the other two would be a little taller and similar in height to each other, probably more in the 7-9' range. But growing conditions affect fruiting height so much that height isn't a completely reliable way of telling cultivars apart. If I recall correctly, DC and Grand Naine both have messy rachis, whereas Williams is mostly clean. I'd check that with Gabe.

[sputinc7]

After all this time and work I finally have something flowering that is NOT my Brazilian... It's my Namwah. I don't really care for that kind, but my wife liked them and they are a nice big plant, too so I kept it. Right now it's just a flag leaf, but I will post again later after it's done flowering. It was a little over a year old and is only about 8 foot, but it's a TC... Not a dwarf, either, so far as I know.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62014&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62014&ppuser=22903)

[Nicolas Naranja]

Dwarf Super Plantain
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4304/36064682232_444c646887_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WWUVy5)IMG_3252 (https://flic.kr/p/WWUVy5) by Nicholas Larsen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157407688@N08/), on Flickr

Williams
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4307/36064683682_90f9550a45_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WWUVZ5)IMG_3249 (https://flic.kr/p/WWUVZ5) by Nicholas Larsen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157407688@N08/), on Flickr

[meizzwang]

First off, thank you crazybanana for the opportunity to grow the real deal blue java! I acquired a very healthy sword pup around aug. 2015 and almost exactly 2 years later, that same pup is now producing a flag leaf! Here in Northern California, things take much longer to flower and mature, and if you don't get them to bloom at the right time, they won't make it.

Last year, I had an FHIA-1 american goldfinger bloom mid October and it's now ripening! However, I also had one bloom either late October or November (can't remember) and that one didn't make it at all.

Unless this variety finishes in 60 days, these bananas will need to endure our cold winter, and should they survive that, they'll likely ripen in early summer of next year. From what I've learned, if you live in a cooler climate and light frosts, as long as your bananas have a few months to thicken up, they can survive the winters. Again, this assumes you have mild frosts and not too many of them. Of course, you're also at the mercy of the weather: if we have a cold autumn and very minimal growth from now until winter, it's quite possible the bananas won't develop enough to withstand the cold winter temps. The goal is to get the fingers out of that young, "asparagus" stage and get them thicker/fatter. It appears the thicker and fatter the banana, the more cold they can tolerate.

For sure, this variety leans really hard so it has to be staked or tied up. I have some rope that I can tie to some railing to keep it in place, should be okay. Pretty excited to see the bloom, pictures online suggest this variety is really beautiful when in full bloom.

Photos taken 8/2/17:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4337/36166745182_f8d53cb3a3_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4382/36335438275_ab3461e063_c.jpg


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4361/36335436055_847221942b_c.jpg


(takes a bow) yes, I understand this is an A+ pic with some serious deep, artistic effects, but had to post it just to show you how much this thing leans! The flowering p-stem is to the very right:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4393/35499630524_a53a8d43d4_c.jpg


To give you perspective, this is the same flowering p-stem Feb. 2017. It didn't start producing a new leaf until end of May this year.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2639/32824126235_a1179da604_c.jpg

[Tytaylor77]

Congrats! Mine just bloomed also! I mean exact same bud position. I will keep you updated how mine does!

[sputinc7]

My bunch is all filled in. I was away all weekend and came back to 60 new fingers on the Namwah, a new Goldfinger pup and 4 new GM pups...
Here is a pic of the Namwah bunch... 5 hands of 12 each. How long, realistically, before these should be ready?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62088&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62088&ppuser=22903)

[meizzwang]

Here's Ice Cream starting to bloom in Northern California. There aren't many fingers per hand, but maybe that's a good thing because there doesn't seem to be a lot of leaves on this p-stem to support a full bunch. Photos taken 8/14/17:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4421/36172819850_77ac16a59e_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4397/36522907706_e52210b675_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4389/36172821530_666d62bc68_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4358/36522908816_94aa0d06e5_c.jpg

Again, thank you Crazybanana!!!!!

[crazy banana]

Here's Ice Cream starting to bloom in Northern California. There aren't many fingers per hand, but maybe that's a good thing because there doesn't seem to be a lot of leaves on this p-stem to support a full bunch. Photos taken 8/14/17:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4421/36172819850_77ac16a59e_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4397/36522907706_e52210b675_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4389/36172821530_666d62bc68_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4358/36522908816_94aa0d06e5_c.jpg

Again, thank you Crazybanana!!!!!

Congratulations. Well deserved fruit bunch! Beautiful photos also.

[Tytaylor77]

Mine just finished! 9 hands. On 2nd or 3rd set of male flowers. Such a pretty flower to watch!!! Ours are for sure the exact same!!! For sure 100% blue java!!

Also mine started with not many fingers on the first couple hands. I bet you have more on the rest! I am so surprised how much faster mine developed!!! I'm seriously shocked! I thought you was a little ahead of me!!! It's the heat here I guess been in the 90s daily! Extra high humidity also.

This flower seems to make so much nectar!! Anyone else notice that? Compared to other varieties. I have a picture of mine where 5-6 fingers on the same hand are just pouring nectar all at once.

Yours looks amazing! You always take the best pictures!!

[meizzwang]

thanks everyone!

Ty:wow, 9 hands?! Congrats, that's awesome!!!! Sounds like you have a beast of a plant flowering!

For sure, this blue java will take much longer to develop here in Northern California compared to 90+F, hot, humid Texas! . It's been in the mid 60's to low 70's here during the day, and mid to low 50's at night, much cooler than normal for this time of year. Given our poor weather this year, I'm not even sure this bunch will make it thru the winter, but we'll see. If anything, it'll be a great test on the cold hardiness of blue java: by the time frost hits, should this variety be truly cold tolerant, the bananas should be developed enough to tolerate mild, occasional frosts.

With regards to nectar production, it's difficult to tell because this time, I can't reach the flower for inspection, it's way too high up. Those pictures are taken from 9 or 10 feet below, it's a little bit deceptive.

[imclumbi]

New at this so not sure this will work but here is a link to an album that I started. This is whats blooming now. Banana Gallery - Message (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/misc.php?action=orderphotos&s=&cat=2819)

[robguz24]

CRBP-39. 11 months to flower. It's a big one! Also one of the more beautiful cultivars I have.

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/35790765803/in/photolist-XLeaVM-WwH2K2" title="CRBP-39"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4367/35790765803_4afcc5aff7_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="CRBP-39"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/36600117915/in/photolist-XLeaVM-WwH2K2/" title="CRBP-39"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4387/36600117915_7307243c50_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="CRBP-39"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And 9 days later
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30738281@N04/36647674141/in/photolist-XQqUJH-XLeaVM-WwH2K2" title="CRBP-39"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4382/36647674141_6c187e5a23_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="CRBP-39"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[sputinc7]

Here is a pic of both my namwah plants flowering together, just a few weeks apart. The first one, in back, has 60 fingers, 5 hands of 12 each. The smaller one blooming now has been leaning since hurricane Matthew and was beginning to fall under it's own weight before blooming. So, I propped it with some wood I had.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62142&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62142&ppuser=22903)

Here is a close up of the one blooming now...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62144&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62144&ppuser=22903)

Here is the bloom on the one that finished a couple weeks ago, now making males.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62143&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62143&ppuser=22903)

[meizzwang]

Mine just finished! 9 hands. On 2nd or 3rd set of male flowers. Such a pretty flower to watch!!! Ours are for sure the exact same!!! For sure 100% blue java!!

Also mine started with not many fingers on the first couple hands. I bet you have more on the rest! I am so surprised how much faster mine developed!!! I'm seriously shocked! I thought you was a little ahead of me!!! It's the heat here I guess been in the 90s daily! Extra high humidity also.

This flower seems to make so much nectar!! Anyone else notice that? Compared to other varieties. I have a picture of mine where 5-6 fingers on the same hand are just pouring nectar all at once.

Yours looks amazing! You always take the best pictures!!

You were definitely right Ty, there's more fingers on subsequent hands! Photos taken 8/20/17, to recap, this is Musa Ice Cream aka Blue Java:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4441/36366576410_04511bdac5_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4367/36716195996_253ddd80b5_c.jpg

[katykat]

Here is my little African Red (photo taken yesterday). I took a quick look this morning between rain squalls (we're just west of Houston and Harvey won't leave), and the flower and hands (a second one has appeared) were absolutely covered with ants. Just sprayed Neem on a neighboring hibiscus because it was covered with mealybugs, and my entire garden is full of little black ants (not fire ants). I am worried that they may be herding aphids or something else that I can't see. Is it normal to see a flower and hands covered with ants? http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62202 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62186&ppuser=24513)

[Tytaylor77]

Ants are very normal around banana flowers. They love the sweet sap. The fire ants are very bad on fruiting varieties.

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57119&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57119)

[NCBananas]

This was happening during all the rain

Velutina

https://s20.postimg.org/o61stihjx/IMG_7979.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6g048h3yx/)

https://s20.postimg.org/j3fvkzivx/IMG_7984.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/wx48a1bh5/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/cvvrcppb1/IMG_7994.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/paijd1gt5/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/qv1ngntct/IMG_8006.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/jf2duv5nd/)
https://s20.postimg.org/n7lwall5p/IMG_8007.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/q1p1o1nbt/)
https://s20.postimg.org/nukt04i1p/IMG_8012.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/mfj8begyh/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/r6j3tf9st/IMG_8021.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/8qymw0vo9/)
https://s20.postimg.org/qnilxw7rx/IMG_8022.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/wbowosc49/)
https://s20.postimg.org/dfemr7kv1/IMG_8023.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/nph1qgaqh/)
https://s20.postimg.org/623u5zq71/IMG_8025.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/hr7ttyh5l/)
https://s20.postimg.org/kwnu6fae5/IMG_8024.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/u4g2n4hg9/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/63itwiycd/IMG_8027.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/m1rjmnsk9/)
https://s20.postimg.org/k8omyc7dp/IMG_8028.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/4zypkkdp5/)

[geissene]

Very nice portulacas, I also have a patch of them!

How tall did the velutina get before flowering?


Erik

[NCBananas]

Very nice portulacas, I also have a patch of them!

How tall did the velutina get before flowering?


Erik

From the soil to the tip of the Inflorescence is 36 inches

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/c6i0xgv31/IMG_8068.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6ibq6kqqh/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/lohrxigrh/IMG_8067.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/rpfgul3dl/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/7wh573u59/IMG_8076.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/fcgeswhuh/)

[Starstryke]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62246&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62246)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/5z7k01x7h/IMG_8112.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/rydyn9e1l/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/hol6yvjvh/IMG_8136.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6c8lh3b6h/)

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/7yk0x3j31/IMG_8116.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ep0i6j68p/)

[Danounet]

Orinoco post Irma, the only surviving bud after Irma, other than the manzano that had flower before the hurricane.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4365/37154006630_5758729053_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/YBaZKd)Orinoco Flower post Irma (https://flic.kr/p/YBaZKd) by Danny Cruz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150923401@N05/)

Keep in mind in that Im not sure if this is an Orinoco or not since I bought these online.

[imclumbi]

Good looking Orinoco. Ours survived too. All the other adult trees such as Saba went down. We have been making some awesome tostones here :-)

[weberus3]

Hello 1st time poster here. We are wondering if anyone could tell us what type of bananas we have growing. We are 15 days on growing from 1st sighting. We are in the Memphis area and weather looks good for the next two weeks at least before getting cool. Highs in the 80's daytime and lows in the 60's.

Also when should we cultivate what we have?

Thanks in advance.

[venturabananas]

Hello 1st time poster here. We are wondering if anyone could tell us what type of bananas we have growing. We are 15 days on growing from 1st sighting. We are in the Memphis area and weather looks good for the next two weeks at least before getting cool. Highs in the 80's daytime and lows in the 60's.

Also when should we cultivate what we have?

Thanks in advance.

Looks like Orinoco.

[Tytaylor77]

For sure Orinoco.

[HMelendez]

Orinoco post Irma, the only surviving bud after Irma, other than the manzano that had flower before the hurricane.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4365/37154006630_5758729053_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/YBaZKd)Orinoco Flower post Irma (https://flic.kr/p/YBaZKd) by Danny Cruz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150923401@N05/)

Keep in mind in that Im not sure if this is an Orinoco or not since I bought these online.


Danny!


Congrats on your surviving Orinoco!.....It's a Orinoco!......

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/kyzdn7wf1/IMG_7599.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/n3jqoay1l/)

[meizzwang]

Musa Dwarf Brazilian-not the best pics for ID purposes, but can anyone confirm so far that this looks like Dwarf Brazilian? First flower opened 9/30/17, so if the winter isn't so harsh, these will most likely make it to maturity:



Sort of in a challenging position: my concern is the bananas will get beat up by the rail when it gets windy:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4484/23772336758_6838de5be2_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4445/36914855244_e0e0326845_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4494/37366542650_67f61ae417_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4480/23772335038_b7d2921780_c.jpg


Dwarf Brazilian(well, that's what I ordered) to the left versus Ice Cream to the right. For sure, it's a dwarf! The Ice Cream, sadly, is showing a flag right now. Last year, anything that bloomed late October or later rotted away. The latest bloom to have the bunch survive the winter was was Oct. 15 last year, hopefully this will make it too:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4510/36914854724_8045829901_c.jpg


Closer shots of the ice cream flag:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4503/36914905024_f6dd639fae_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4483/23772404298_7f1fe28b9e_c.jpg


earlier bunch of Ice cream that bloomed Aug. 20th, 2017. Per crazybanana's suggestion, I've been pumping this plant with potassium and they do seem to be filling in quite well!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4450/23772404558_1fb6d0aecb_c.jpg




and of course American Goldfinger decided to push out flowers at the very last minute. So many bloom so late, I'm trying to figure out how to time the pups so they flower during the summer. Given that heat hours vary from year to year, it's hard to time them. This American Goldfinger is borderline too late, but maybe we'll get lucky and have an extended summer to mild winter:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4474/23772437378_0c9731a824_c.jpg


another american goldfinger, better chance of making it through the winter since it's a bit more advanced:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4449/36954610413_a187d1740d_c.jpg

and just for fun, the main banana patch this year! These looked horrible earlier this year, but now you can't tell how much the cold damaged them from last winter:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4475/37577029936_37cfdf95ff_c.jpg

[venturabananas]

Yes, the one you ordered as Dwarf Brazilian looks like the right thing.

[meizzwang]

GAH! So many bananas flowering when you don't want them to, but such is life. All photos taken 10/23/17:


FHIA 1 blooming from a 14' p-stem (approximately). Definitely the tallest p-stem I've ever had on this variety. If this makes it, looks like it'll have a nice yield:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4456/37885723691_e8470de8de_h.jpg

zoomed in a bit, same bunch:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4482/24033612988_1e1c068d4a_h.jpg

Got front row seats to anther very big FHIA 1 bloom! Usually, they're so high up you can only view them from below, but in this case, you can walk right up to it:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4514/24033611648_e1533918db_h.jpg

Pretty darn big:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4513/37885721241_4c54c2be8b_h.jpg


Here's my Ice Cream in full bloom mode, another one that you can walk up to and inspect:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4507/37854676382_f6880ed1b3_h.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4488/37628752790_982f3c183f_h.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4457/37854675532_8a0356214a_h.jpg

[Tytaylor77]

14 foot! WOW my goldfingers both from agristarts and the real one never get over 10' or so. If that’s a GF it’s a monster!

[NCBananas]

Another Velutina ..... its cooling off here in southeastern NC... maybe we will warm back up enough for these to make it

https://s1.postimg.org/1y11zuvve7/IMG_8500.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/4enaes2raj/)

[NCBananas]

Red Plumeria.... not sure if we will have enough warm weather for it to bloom
https://s1.postimg.org/65fn9nsihb/IMG_8520.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/2pdbhkivez/)

https://s1.postimg.org/98qkvkvvv3/IMG_8528.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/98qkvkvvuz/)

[PR-Giants]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52685 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52685)

[Jose263]

Beautiful - what is variety?

[PR-Giants]

Beautiful - what is variety?

It's a Variegated Dwarf Pisang Awak cultivar.

[meizzwang]

Unfortunately, my Aeae is pushing out a flower bud in the beginning of December. It's probably no more than 5' of p-stem, and there's close to no chance of this flower making it to maturity:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4567/38140379424_dec570040e_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4541/38140378854_fb87a7c7f6_c.jpg

[Hamakua]

Congratulations nonetheless

[sputinc7]

9B... Why wouldn't it, except for an odd freeze... Anyway, congrats. It should make it... I have had my 3640 just finish flowering and went to males yesterday. Here she is. Just in time for an early cold snap... 56 fingers on 6 hands.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62680&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62680&ppuser=22903)

[HMelendez]

Unfortunately, my Aeae is pushing out a flower bud in the beginning of December. It's probably no more than 5' of p-stem, and there's close to no chance of this flower making it to maturity:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4567/38140379424_dec570040e_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4541/38140378854_fb87a7c7f6_c.jpg




meizzwang,


Woohoo!....Regardless, Congrats!.....Hopefully does make it!.....You don't see an AEAE flowering/blooming everyday, frequently, comparing to other 'Nana varieties!....Thanks for sharing/posting the info/pictures....Please keep updating!...

I lost my blooming AEAE during very bad girl, hurricane Irma, but second AEAE crop it's growing fast now!....Approx. 8 ft. tall right now, growing nicely!....


Awesome accomplishment!.....:2723::bananarow::2723:

[HMelendez]

9B... Why wouldn't it, except for an odd freeze... Anyway, congrats. It should make it... I have had my 3640 just finish flowering and went to males yesterday. Here she is. Just in time for an early cold snap... 56 fingers on 6 hands.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62680&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62680&ppuser=22903)



Steven,



Woohoo!....Really nice SH-3640 High Noon bunch!....



Looking very good!.....:2723::bananarow::2723:

[NCBananas]

https://s20.postimg.org/4rn25dmgd/IMG_8789.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ywbiqqrjd/)

[meizzwang]

9B... Why wouldn't it, except for an odd freeze... Anyway, congrats. It should make it... I have had my 3640 just finish flowering and went to males yesterday. Here she is. Just in time for an early cold snap... 56 fingers on 6 hands.

Thank you!

What's interesting is that 9b in Northern California is completely different from 9b in Florida: we're talking temperate climate versus subtropical. We rarely see days over 70F during the winter here in Northern California, whereas in Florida zone 9b, it seems common to have many days over 70F during the winter. The light frost seems to be less harmful to developing bananas compared to long exposure to cold weather, even if it's above freezing.

Last year, all banana bunches that bloomed during the summer survived the long winter cold period, but bunches that formed late october and later didn't make it. It'll be interesting to see what happens this year, will report back. There's some bunches that bloomed this year in August, mid October, and now there's the Aeae as well as a Dwarf Brazilian bud forming now!

[nustumospa]

Hi All

[nustumospa]

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[NCBananas]

It is mine but not actually in the garden at this time.. in a nice warm area

https://s20.postimg.org/oq9wlwvrx/IMG_8908.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/psk34gel5/)

[PR-Giants]

Another flag :woohoonaner:
We get a bunch of new flags everyday but these are quickly becoming my favorite.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51948 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51948)

[cincinnana]

It is mine but not actually in the garden at this time.. in a nice warm area

https://s20.postimg.org/oq9wlwvrx/IMG_8908.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/psk34gel5/)

great photo...:woohoonaner:

[cincinnana]

9B... Why wouldn't it, except for an odd freeze... Anyway, congrats. It should make it... I have had my 3640 just finish flowering and went to males yesterday. Here she is. Just in time for an early cold snap... 56 fingers on 6 hands.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62680&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62680&ppuser=22903)

Are those ready soon??:woohoonaner:

[PR-Giants]

Congratulations to everyone that realized this was a Phantom flag leaf. :woohoonaner:

Another flag :woohoonaner:
We get a bunch of new flags everyday but these are quickly becoming my favorite.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51948 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51948)

[PR-Giants]

:waving:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57102 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57102)