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Lau
01-19-2015, 02:50 PM
Do the Bracts fall off or stay on the rachis on the Namwa Banana Plants? Is this true for all the different kinds of Namwa Plants? I tried searching different photos, but couldn't find any good examples.

I found some pictures showing the Blue Java (Ice-cream) banana plants and it show a clean rachis. Is this accurate? Thanks Susan

merce3
01-19-2015, 03:47 PM
Do the Bracts fall off or stay on the rachis on the Namwa Banana Plants? Is this true for all the different kinds of Namwa Plants? I tried searching different photos, but couldn't find any good examples.

I found some pictures showing the Blue Java (Ice-cream) banana plants and it show a clean rachis. Is this accurate? Thanks Susan

my blue java drops its bracts/male flowers

Lau
01-19-2015, 08:37 PM
Thanks. It looks like my Ice-cream is a fake, because the Bracts are not falling off. Do the Bracts fall off Namwa Plants also?

crazy banana
01-19-2015, 11:24 PM
Yes, they do.
It is my understanding that Raja Puri and Dwarf Brazilian retain their bracts. See post below for a Dwarf Brazilian inflorescence.

http://www.bananas.org/f12/seeking-help-id-dwarf-variety-21327.html

QUOTE=Lau;255794]Thanks. It looks like my Ice-cream is a fake, because the Bracts are not falling off. Do the Bracts fall off Namwa Plants also?[/QUOTE]

Lau
01-24-2015, 01:55 PM
Probably not ice-cream, fake Ice-cream or Namwa. I got it from Home Depot as an Ice-cream banana plant. Maybe it is Dwarf Brazilian. I will leave the flower on and do an updated picture next week.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57418&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57418)