bigdog
04-29-2007, 05:57 PM
I've been keeping it at the greenhouse on the UT campus, where I work and attend school, since it sprouted last Fall. The only germination out of 80 seeds. Well, I finally brought it home this weekend, and will plant it soon (final exams are this week and next). I darn near killed the poor thing a couple of months ago, when I was spraying it with Insecticidal Soap. I accidentally used the same sprayer that we spray Roundup with (oops). It sent out a bunch of deformed leaves, and grew real slowly for awhile. Had me worried, but it's grown out of it (no thanks to me). A positive thing that resulted from it is the pup! I think it must have formed it out of stress to the apical meristem. You can still see one, slightly deformed leaf on the left side in the first pic. Anyway, here's a few pics I just took. Warm day here today, so the leaves were folded. And yes, that is my bare, plastic-covered, banana-free garden in the background. Just no time to plant yet, with school and stuff. Hopefully this week or next!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2739&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2739)
This is the newest leaf on the pup. All leaves have reddish-purple midribs on the topside of the leaf, and this one is starting to show some streaking.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2738&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2738)
And here's just another angle, showing the Virginia Pine in the background that just won't fall down. We had storms here in December, and it halfway uprooted and fell into a Shortleaf Pine (not pictured), and got hooked on it.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2737&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2737)
It's going to be planted near my Musa sikkimensis 'Red Tiger', so comparisons can more easily be made (for cold hardiness and looks).
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2739&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2739)
This is the newest leaf on the pup. All leaves have reddish-purple midribs on the topside of the leaf, and this one is starting to show some streaking.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2738&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2738)
And here's just another angle, showing the Virginia Pine in the background that just won't fall down. We had storms here in December, and it halfway uprooted and fell into a Shortleaf Pine (not pictured), and got hooked on it.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2737&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2737)
It's going to be planted near my Musa sikkimensis 'Red Tiger', so comparisons can more easily be made (for cold hardiness and looks).