tanfenton
08-03-2015, 09:39 PM
By dumb luck I happened onto a recent thread by someone mentioning that PR Giants was selling corms on eBay. Better yet, not all of the listings had ended. I had been eager to get several cultivars from Keith for a few months, since before I even joined the Org, but following my joining, our wires kept getting crossed. The chance to get Tigua, Patupi, and French Red (of which I'd never heard until I stalked Keith's original post last year)--with the help of eBay--thereby came about.
I'd say the French Red corm was pushing three pounds, with its own sword sucker about to emerge.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58423&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58423&ppuser=20889)
The Tigua and Patupi were tiny by comparison.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58422&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58422&ppuser=20889)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58421&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58421&ppuser=20889)
It should probably come as a surprise to no one that both Tigua and Patupi pushed measurable new growth in the three hours following my potting them up. The following picture was made before they jumped. Notice how the corms had already pushed new sheath in the postal mailer since Keith had cut them on Saturday.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58425&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58425&ppuser=20889)
I had to tempt Keith's wrath by temporarily housing the pups in not clean, coarse sand but coconut coir and perlite, which is plentiful here at my farm, given the nature of the other crops that I grow.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58424&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58424&ppuser=20889)
I hope that others get to experience the excellent service that Keith provides and the great care with which he prepares his plants for shipment. He is doing a great service to the community--for both hobbyists and those in the industry--in making this plant material available on the mainland.
(For full-size photos in better quality, go here: https://goo.gl/photos/wQrbiGcuZZXYbvp99 .)
Nathaniel
I'd say the French Red corm was pushing three pounds, with its own sword sucker about to emerge.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58423&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58423&ppuser=20889)
The Tigua and Patupi were tiny by comparison.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58422&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58422&ppuser=20889)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58421&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58421&ppuser=20889)
It should probably come as a surprise to no one that both Tigua and Patupi pushed measurable new growth in the three hours following my potting them up. The following picture was made before they jumped. Notice how the corms had already pushed new sheath in the postal mailer since Keith had cut them on Saturday.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58425&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58425&ppuser=20889)
I had to tempt Keith's wrath by temporarily housing the pups in not clean, coarse sand but coconut coir and perlite, which is plentiful here at my farm, given the nature of the other crops that I grow.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58424&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58424&ppuser=20889)
I hope that others get to experience the excellent service that Keith provides and the great care with which he prepares his plants for shipment. He is doing a great service to the community--for both hobbyists and those in the industry--in making this plant material available on the mainland.
(For full-size photos in better quality, go here: https://goo.gl/photos/wQrbiGcuZZXYbvp99 .)
Nathaniel