bigdog
09-03-2007, 06:43 PM
I noticed this yesterday while mowing the yard...a second pup on my Musa itinerans, right at 4 feet away from the mother pseudostem. This pup is a bit more vigorous than the first one though!! Check out the color on it:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5141&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5141&ppuser=49)
To show you how far away it actually is, I laid out a tape measure (see the puny green pup that still hasn't grown a leaf yet, a few inches from the main pseudostem):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5142&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5142&ppuser=49)
4 feet!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5143&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5143&ppuser=49)
The mother plant took a beating in this heat wave/drought over the past month or so. Three leaves in a row unfurled, then promptly started to become brown in large patches. The last three leaves to emerge have not done so, so hopefully it's over that! I was sort of worried about it for awhile there. I bet it would do better in filtered sun, but mine gets lots of direct, afternoon sun. Here's a shot of the crown, showing 2 of the damaged leaves:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5151&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5151&ppuser=49)
A shot of the pseudostem, which appeared to be falling apart! The leaf lying on the ground on the left was green when it fell down.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5149&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5149&ppuser=49)
And here's what I found this morning...another pup, probably about 3 feet away:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5144&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5144&ppuser=49)
Overall shot of the plant:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5150&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5150&ppuser=49)
I just have this sinking feeling that this plant won't be that hardy though. Hope I'm wrong!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5141&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5141&ppuser=49)
To show you how far away it actually is, I laid out a tape measure (see the puny green pup that still hasn't grown a leaf yet, a few inches from the main pseudostem):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5142&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5142&ppuser=49)
4 feet!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5143&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5143&ppuser=49)
The mother plant took a beating in this heat wave/drought over the past month or so. Three leaves in a row unfurled, then promptly started to become brown in large patches. The last three leaves to emerge have not done so, so hopefully it's over that! I was sort of worried about it for awhile there. I bet it would do better in filtered sun, but mine gets lots of direct, afternoon sun. Here's a shot of the crown, showing 2 of the damaged leaves:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5151&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5151&ppuser=49)
A shot of the pseudostem, which appeared to be falling apart! The leaf lying on the ground on the left was green when it fell down.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5149&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5149&ppuser=49)
And here's what I found this morning...another pup, probably about 3 feet away:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5144&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5144&ppuser=49)
Overall shot of the plant:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5150&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5150&ppuser=49)
I just have this sinking feeling that this plant won't be that hardy though. Hope I'm wrong!