View Full Version : 'Tis the season for untimely blooms!
caliboy1994
10-26-2013, 05:49 PM
This plant I put in the ground in the spring of 2012, it was labeled Ice Cream. I'm pretty sure it's a Namwah.
http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/Musa/20131026_122023_zpse364ff74.jpg
http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/Musa/20131026_121952_zps31ac56f0.jpg
This one was rather severely choked out by that creeping fig, so it only has about 6.5 feet of p-stem. I'm expecting a small bunch which might not make it through the winter. Hopefully the pup will yield better results next year now that the creeping fig is gone.
amantedelenguaje
10-26-2013, 07:30 PM
I hope the bunch makes it through the winter. Good luck!
crazy banana
10-26-2013, 10:08 PM
If the plant is that short, you should be able to protect it with frost cloth if needed. I hope it does not end up like your Raja Puri last year. But congratulations on your inflorescence.
GreenFin
10-26-2013, 11:48 PM
Congrats on the bloom, hopefully it goes ahead and fills in a bunch for you. :bananas_b
How tall have most people's Fake Ice Cream namwahs been at flowering? Have they been around 9' or so?
Mine looks like it's going to be blooming soon, but it's only around 6', so that would be really short compared to the other Fake Ice Creams I've read about. Mine is probably stunted, though, due to being transplanted 3 times and trimmed back a couple of times. Seeing that yours flowered at 6.5' makes me feel better about the chances that mine may indeed flower at such a low height.
venturabananas
10-26-2013, 11:59 PM
How tall have most people's Fake Ice Cream namwahs been at flowering? Have they been around 9' or so?
12-15' in my yard. They are big.
GreenFin
10-27-2013, 03:13 AM
Yikes, that's even bigger than I thought.
Maybe I lucked into getting a Dwarf Namwah instead of the taller beast. The petioles are the same length on my DN and my Fake IC, so maybe there's hope for that theory. Of course, maybe I'm just wrong about the Fake IC being near flowering...
blownz281
10-27-2013, 08:43 AM
mine is a dwarf cause its pstem is nice and thick like dwarfs have. it has fruit hanging and its only 6ft tall.
caliboy1994
10-27-2013, 10:28 AM
It's also in a rather small space and planted 5' away from my Pisang Klotek. That's probably a factor in its small size. There used to be a Mysore there, but I pulled it because it had BSV and replaced it with the PK. I remember yours, Mark. It was huge, and my dad was in awe by how massive it was. :08:
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