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06-17-2012, 11:24 PM
I am sooo happy, my first eatable bananas are flowering. So far 2 of my Icecreams have flowered and the third one just sent up a flag leaf!
The funny part is that two of them remained outside heavily wrapped this mild winter and the third one (second to flower) spent the winter in the garage, just p-stem and rootball. Like I said I am soo happy!
:woohoonaner:
However when me and my wife look at them to us it seems it might be that one of them is the real deal Icecream and the other maybe Namwah since the hands look different and so does the bananas themselves as well. I have included pics of them here. First three is one plant and the other three is of the other plant. Will also be interesting to see when the third one blooms!
Any idea if one or either is a true Icecream or something else? They were all pups from the orignal Icecreams I bought from 3 sources, local very reputable nursery and that plant had really green/blue leaves with heave wax under them. One was bought from Going banana and I think that is the second banana in the pictures. Third one came from an online source.
Unfortunately with the exception of the one from Going bananas I no longer remember which plants originated from what mother corm, local or online nursery. The online nursery was also quite reputable and definitely not Ty Ty or similar one.
Anyways, I can no longer see a difference and some pups from the same corm outdoors come with thin pink stripe on the leaves while the ones I grow indoors first doesn't so I dont think that is any conclusive evidence one way or the other.
I also have a Dwarf Orinoco that also survived outdoors so I hope it will soon shoot a flag leaf as well and it definitely looks way different than the Icecreams I have that is for sure. It is above 6 feet p-stem now. That leaves one Icecream that spent the winter in the garage that is not flowering. It has the most shade out of them all and is also the smallest but still a respectable 5-6 feet.
So here are the pics, enjoy and any thoughts on what it could be are most welcome! Regardless if they are Icecreams or not I will enjoy watching them grow in my backyard and look forward to the day I can eat them!
Icecream plant 1:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49347&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49347&ppuser=7490)
(The one to the right in this picture is the next shooting up a flag leaf!)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49348&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49348&ppuser=7490)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49349&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49349&ppuser=7490)
Icecream 2:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49351&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49351&ppuser=7490)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49352&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49352&ppuser=7490)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49350&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49350&ppuser=7490)
The funny part is that two of them remained outside heavily wrapped this mild winter and the third one (second to flower) spent the winter in the garage, just p-stem and rootball. Like I said I am soo happy!
:woohoonaner:
However when me and my wife look at them to us it seems it might be that one of them is the real deal Icecream and the other maybe Namwah since the hands look different and so does the bananas themselves as well. I have included pics of them here. First three is one plant and the other three is of the other plant. Will also be interesting to see when the third one blooms!
Any idea if one or either is a true Icecream or something else? They were all pups from the orignal Icecreams I bought from 3 sources, local very reputable nursery and that plant had really green/blue leaves with heave wax under them. One was bought from Going banana and I think that is the second banana in the pictures. Third one came from an online source.
Unfortunately with the exception of the one from Going bananas I no longer remember which plants originated from what mother corm, local or online nursery. The online nursery was also quite reputable and definitely not Ty Ty or similar one.
Anyways, I can no longer see a difference and some pups from the same corm outdoors come with thin pink stripe on the leaves while the ones I grow indoors first doesn't so I dont think that is any conclusive evidence one way or the other.
I also have a Dwarf Orinoco that also survived outdoors so I hope it will soon shoot a flag leaf as well and it definitely looks way different than the Icecreams I have that is for sure. It is above 6 feet p-stem now. That leaves one Icecream that spent the winter in the garage that is not flowering. It has the most shade out of them all and is also the smallest but still a respectable 5-6 feet.
So here are the pics, enjoy and any thoughts on what it could be are most welcome! Regardless if they are Icecreams or not I will enjoy watching them grow in my backyard and look forward to the day I can eat them!
Icecream plant 1:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49347&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49347&ppuser=7490)
(The one to the right in this picture is the next shooting up a flag leaf!)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49348&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49348&ppuser=7490)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49349&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49349&ppuser=7490)
Icecream 2:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49351&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49351&ppuser=7490)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49352&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49352&ppuser=7490)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49350&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49350&ppuser=7490)