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asacomm
06-03-2007, 02:23 AM
Hello all,

After a few leaves of Dwarf Cavendish sprouted this spring, it suddenly
stopped movement and the situation didn't change at all. So I dared to break
the top of the pseudostem and then found the choking was about to begin
as the follwong picture shows:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=3228&size=1

momoese
06-03-2007, 09:07 AM
You can see the flag leaf! Is it a Dwarf or Super Dwarf?

pitangadiego
06-03-2007, 05:13 PM
Dwarf types, and Cavendish types in particular seen to have the final leaves just before flowering all bunched up.

STEELVIPER
06-03-2007, 05:20 PM
yup. flag leaf.:djnana2:

asacomm
06-03-2007, 05:26 PM
Hi Michel,

This is a normal Dwarf Cavendish.
You can see from the pic that the petiole on the right is damaged and
half broken.

asacomm
06-03-2007, 05:39 PM
Stan is here again.

Yes, it is the flag leaf. But what I mean is that the flag leaf was prevented
from sprouting by the petiole(seen on the right) by some reason or other.
I do suspect it was caused by the irregular weather from March to May,
sometime very cool 10C/50F, and the other days very hot 30C/86F.