bigdog
11-16-2010, 07:41 PM
Ok, well not really...it's my folks' yard, lol. They have about 2 1/2 acres though, and Mom has let me plant whatever I want down there. Some plants were planted last year and are already big, while others were just planted last week. I look forward to how it looks in a year or so! Here's the link to the album, followed by a few pics.
Banana Gallery - Mom's House in Gainesville, FL (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1752)
I think this is Musa acuminata subsp. siamea, but could be wrong.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38485&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38485)
Musa itinerans 'India Form' seems to be able to take the direct sun and heat of Northern FL just fine.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38487&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38487)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38486&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38486)
I sprouted this from seed, labeled as Musa nagensium from Europalms. I have my doubts, and think it looks more like M. cheesmani.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38489&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38489)
The pseudostems are very nicely colored.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38490&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38490)
This is M. banksii from Quensland, Australia. This is the true, yellow-flowered form, not the purple-flowered form that one can find here sometimes. I was pretty surprised that it has done so well here! I thought that it might not even make it through last winter, much less come back so strong. Might even get a flower here in a couple of years?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38491&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38491)
I'm convinced that there is more than one distinct form of M. velutina (dasycarpa), and this is the smaller form.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38492&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38492)
This M. laterita mat is so fast-growing, it's ridiculous!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38494&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38494)
Pretty good-sized pseudostems on it now.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38496&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38496)
This bud is massive...bigger than my hand!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38497&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38497)
This was bought as M. nagensium 'Floral Noir' from sunshineseeds.com. Very attractive Musa!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38500)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38498&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38498)
The pseudostems are gorgeous.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38501&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38501)
All the other stuff is really small, since it was just planted. I still have yet to plant M. siamea, M. formosana, M. voilascens, and a few others that I just didn't have time to stick in the ground. Next spring!
Frank
Banana Gallery - Mom's House in Gainesville, FL (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1752)
I think this is Musa acuminata subsp. siamea, but could be wrong.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38485&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38485)
Musa itinerans 'India Form' seems to be able to take the direct sun and heat of Northern FL just fine.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38487&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38487)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38486&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38486)
I sprouted this from seed, labeled as Musa nagensium from Europalms. I have my doubts, and think it looks more like M. cheesmani.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38489&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38489)
The pseudostems are very nicely colored.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38490&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38490)
This is M. banksii from Quensland, Australia. This is the true, yellow-flowered form, not the purple-flowered form that one can find here sometimes. I was pretty surprised that it has done so well here! I thought that it might not even make it through last winter, much less come back so strong. Might even get a flower here in a couple of years?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38491&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38491)
I'm convinced that there is more than one distinct form of M. velutina (dasycarpa), and this is the smaller form.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38492&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38492)
This M. laterita mat is so fast-growing, it's ridiculous!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38494&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38494)
Pretty good-sized pseudostems on it now.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38496&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38496)
This bud is massive...bigger than my hand!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38497&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38497)
This was bought as M. nagensium 'Floral Noir' from sunshineseeds.com. Very attractive Musa!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38500&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38500)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38498&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38498)
The pseudostems are gorgeous.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38501&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38501)
All the other stuff is really small, since it was just planted. I still have yet to plant M. siamea, M. formosana, M. voilascens, and a few others that I just didn't have time to stick in the ground. Next spring!
Frank