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EuroBanana
08-25-2012, 12:28 PM
Hi everybody,
Maybe you remember of my frozen tall Orinoco which I did’nt expect to come back to life.
Here are :
- Two pictures taken in april with the remaining truncheon of pseudostem.
- Four pictures showing the mat at the end of august and an unexpected flower emerging from the frozen pseudostem.
Nanas are really growing fast !
As Pitangadiego says : “ Never give up ! ”
Phil
Pseudostem frozen :
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/Colddamage3.jpg
After having cut the frozen part
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/Remainingpseudostem.jpg
Front view with small « Not ice cream »
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/OrinocoandIcecreaminfront.jpg
Another front view showing the anti-wild boar-fence
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/Orinocofrontview.jpg
Side view :
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/Orinocolateralview.jpg
And …. The flower !
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/Orinocoflower1.jpg
island cassie
08-25-2012, 01:06 PM
Haha! Congratulations Phil!! I always say you can't keep a good Orinoco down, and you have just proved it!! I hope you have time for the fruit to ripen and get a late summer!:woohoonaner: You must be so pleased (I nearly said "thrilled" but them realised it was a bit "girlie" of me). Love the anti-wild-boar fence btw!:ha:
LilRaverBoi
08-25-2012, 02:07 PM
I'm always impressed at how resilient bananas are. Glad to hear this story has a positive ending for you.
GreenFin
08-25-2012, 02:09 PM
Great pics! Thanks for sharing :)
Wild boar? Yikes.
2woodensticks
08-25-2012, 05:06 PM
have always said {to myself anyway}..orinoco's have to be one of the toughest bananas out there.. nice to see a good recovery..well done
saltydad
08-25-2012, 05:14 PM
My basjoos always look like that after the hard frosts, but they send up new growth from the 'fried' p-stem such as your's does. I never have tried to winter orinoco or dwarf orinoco outside. Have to think on that. Congrats!
:woohoonaner:
EuroBanana
08-26-2012, 11:27 AM
Cassie , Graham, Greenfin , 2 woodensticks and Howard,
Thank you for your support !
I keep waiting for the bunch !
I guess it will be small as it comes from a frozen shortened pseudostem.
How many fingers will emerge ? 4,5,6,…10 ?
Any ideas ?
Phil
Abnshrek
08-26-2012, 11:30 AM
I think this is so cool it came back to flower.. Major cudo's for stickin' w/ it.. :^)
EuroBanana
09-02-2012, 10:27 AM
Hello,
Here is some updated pictures of my Tall Orinoco flower.
First hand : 5 bananas.
Second hand : 4 bananas.
Waiting for other hands.
I noticed that wasps forage flowers, maybe looking for sweet nectar.
Do you see them on pictures n° 3 and 4 ?
Phil
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/P1000145.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/P1000142.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/P1000146.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/P1000144.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/EuroPalm/P1000143.jpg
alias
09-06-2012, 07:05 AM
Parfaitement! :D
Love the anti-wild-boar fence.
EuroBanana
09-06-2012, 10:08 AM
Parfaitement! :D
Love the anti-wild-boar fence.
Hi Edi,
Thanks for the anti-wild boar fence.
I have heard that in Croatia you have bigger wild boars than us.
Are they a problem to your garden ?
Maybe they stay far in the forests ?
Here is a link for Croatian wild-boar :
croatian wild boar (http://www.gpvoyages-chasse-peche.com/destination/sanglier%20male%2001%20copyright%20Olivier%20Buttin%20copie.jpg)
Phil
alias
09-08-2012, 10:03 AM
Hi Phil,
Well, they are big. In my village in island Krk there a LOT of wild boars.
Every year more than 10 are killed in my village.
They are not too agressive, but will eat potatoes and stuff.
The bigger problems are deers. They are eating everything they can. But only the good part. Like the 'heart' of many vegetables.
Also, few months ago hunters killed a bear! He didn't even eat animals, just green stuff from forest. He came to island by swimming, he swam all the way to my island :ha: And he was killed about at 250 meters above see level.
The only thing that has been eating my bananas are- snails. But I got through that. By beer! :bananas_b
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