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CValentine
07-01-2012, 08:35 PM
Hello Ornamental Banana Lovers~!

After 4 years of trying...SUCCESS!!!
A PINK BANANA FLOWER!!!

I ordered 2 lovely M. Dasycarpa(Velutina) from Plant Delights Nursery this Spring. I received (2) 12-14" healthy specimens. I put one in the ground & one in a large pot.

This is the one in the ground. :-D

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49547&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49547)

SO EXCITED!!!
Will be doing my best to document day to day growth on this Beauty!!!
Thank you for joining me on this journey!!! :woohoonaner: ~Cheryl

Dalmatiansoap
07-02-2012, 04:51 AM
Congratulations!
:nanadrink:

Bob3
07-02-2012, 06:04 PM
Hey, congrats!
(are ya passing out cigars?) ;)
:bananas_b
My sister & 2 nieces live down by you, small world!

Bananaman88
07-10-2012, 02:55 PM
Congrats! I was sorry not to be able to share a pup from mine when you came down that time...but you saw how mine was doing. The drought finally did it in last year but I have another one going now, thanks to a friend. The bananas on mine would never stay pink long. I had it close to a brick wall and I think the radiant heat from the wall may have had something to do with it. Hopefully yours will stay looking nice longer for you!

CValentine
07-10-2012, 04:31 PM
We have an update!! :goteam: ~Cheryl
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49642&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49642)http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49648&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49648)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49653&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49653)

momoese
07-10-2012, 05:18 PM
Very cool! Congrats on finally getting one!

CValentine
07-18-2012, 07:52 PM
HUMMINGBIRD TASTING MY BANANA FLOWERS!!! :-D ~Cheryl

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49786 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49653)

palmtree
07-18-2012, 10:20 PM
Very nice! My Velutina flowered last summer making it the first banana of mine to ever bloom! Unfortunately mine didnt survive the winter, I guess it was too young to handle that kind of cold even though it was a mild winter.