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Eric-Orlando,FL
01-03-2008, 04:52 PM
The Musa basjoo started flowering just before Christmas. After growing it for about 5 years, this is the first time it has flowered. It hasn't really thrived here. Last nights cold didn't bother it.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Bananas/img_0430.jpg

D_&_T
01-03-2008, 06:31 PM
cool

kimarj
01-03-2008, 07:23 PM
:2236: Awesome

:bananajoy:

mskitty38583
01-03-2008, 09:41 PM
you are one lucky nana grower. the flower is very nice! love the yellow. congrats!!!:coldbanana:

Eric-Orlando,FL
01-04-2008, 09:16 AM
The yellow color is nice, different than the usual red/purple/maroon color.

bikoro child
01-04-2008, 09:59 AM
Yes great color i love the tillandsia usnoîdes running in the banana ,and the palms behind ...(Syagrus?)

Eric-Orlando,FL
01-04-2008, 10:03 AM
It has been very windy that last few days with the cold and lots of Tillandsia has blown out of the trees.

The palm is Syagrus romanzoffianum, Queen Palm.

Tony O
01-04-2008, 05:19 PM
When they mature, will the seeds be any good seeing as there aren't others to cross pollinate with them?

Raules
01-05-2008, 02:15 PM
Beautifully blossoms! :04: And five years before the first flowering, not long?

island cassie
01-05-2008, 02:23 PM
Great looking plant and flower - worth waiting for!

Cassie

Eric-Orlando,FL
01-07-2008, 08:23 AM
Beautifully blossoms! :04: And five years before the first flowering, not long?

Usually most bananas we have grown flower within 2-3 years of planting. The Musa basjoo grows but doesn't seem to thrive in our long hot season. This plant also has only grown a couple of pups and is about 7ft tall. Maybe they don't like our soil which is very well drained and sandy. We have had a couple other plants of M. basjoo grow for a couple of years then die but this could have been to nematodes as they are very common in the sandy soil.