View Full Version : Musa laterita seeting bloom !!!
Randy4ut
01-20-2008, 02:21 PM
Just noticed today that my potted M. laterita that I got last summer has set a bloom on one of the 5 pstems. It is in my den in front of a set of french doors and the pstems range in height from 1-3'. Should be an awesome potted nanner this coming summer...
Sorry but I was just surprised to see one this time of year...
:07: :07: :07: :hiiiiyanana: :07: :07: :07:
Taylor
01-20-2008, 02:26 PM
Congrats! Suprised me too, especially now.
I just got some seeds of this, any advice? I hope they grow!
austinl01
01-20-2008, 02:26 PM
Congrats, my friend! How exciting. Not many folks have a blooming banana indoors. I'll know you'll enjoy it when it's so cold outside. Send me a pic when you get a chance.
Randy4ut
01-20-2008, 02:58 PM
Congrats! Suprised me too, especially now.
I just got some seeds of this, any advice? I hope they grow!
Taylor,
Sorry, but I got this one as a pup... Hopefully someone here can help with germination...
Randy4ut
01-20-2008, 02:59 PM
Congrats, my friend! How exciting. Not many folks have a blooming banana indoors. I'll know you'll enjoy it when it's so cold outside. Send me a pic when you get a chance.
Austin,
Ask, and you shall receive!!! Here is a pic I just snapped and loaded onto this thread... Still blows me away!!!!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/100_2388.jpg
the flying dutchman
01-20-2008, 03:02 PM
:) :) Yeah, okay, first Velutina and now Laterita. Tell us your secret or we ban you.
Congrats :choochoo:
Ron
Randy4ut
01-20-2008, 03:05 PM
Ron,
With this bloom, the secret has to be neglect!!! LOL Honestly, I was got totally off guard with it. Nice little surprise, though, considering I probably will not reach 32F today and back down to about 15F again tonight!!! Maybe it will help boost me along until spring... Need little boosts this time of year for me!!! Take care...
Taylor
01-20-2008, 03:42 PM
Ron,
With this bloom, the secret has to be neglect!!! LOL Honestly, I was got totally off guard with it. Nice little surprise, though, considering I probably will not reach 32F today and back down to about 15F again tonight!!! Maybe it will help boost me along until spring... Need little boosts this time of year for me!!! Take care...
Looks to be getting a lot of sun! Or did you put it there for the picture? <Now that would be neglect!!! lol
:hiddenbanana:
mskitty38583
01-20-2008, 04:11 PM
congrats randy!!!! that is beautiful!! neglect.. sure. lol
Randy4ut
01-20-2008, 05:10 PM
The location is where it stays, I just rotated the pot to get a better shot of the bloom. Sam, I only water it once every 4 weeks or so. Compared to what you do with yours, I DO negelect mine...
austinl01
01-20-2008, 06:11 PM
That's really awesome! You'll be enjoying this bloom for a while. Thanks for posting the pic.
mskitty38583
01-20-2008, 06:50 PM
i only spoil mine a little.....lol!!
CookieCows
01-20-2008, 07:06 PM
These are the posts that give me such hope!!
Taylor
01-20-2008, 07:49 PM
What an interesting color...its bronze-reddish.
Bananaman88
01-21-2008, 09:03 AM
Congrats on the bloom, Randy! M. laterita is one of my favorites simply because they do flower easily (not to slight what you've accomplished). I remember I brought my plant with me from St. Louis (where it had never flowered) to Houston where it was in bud within 2 wks. of moving here. I'm sure it would have blommed in St. Louis had I stayed there. They are most impressive when several stalks bloom at once. I had about 6 at once last yr!
austinl01
01-21-2008, 10:26 AM
Does anyone know how cold hardy this banana is?
Randy4ut
01-21-2008, 10:34 AM
Austin, I will be interested to see what your responses will be. I have been told that they should be about as hardy as the M. ornatas. Hopefully, I will have enough success with this one this summer that I can do some testing on it myself come next winter...
dablo93
01-21-2008, 11:01 AM
beautiful flower !! I really love Lateritas:)
Sodak
01-21-2008, 11:33 AM
I have some Laterita seeds I collected this fall. They're in damp peat moss, dim light, room temp. Should I do anything different to increase M. Laterita germination success?? Do they germinate easily?
I know I should post this in the germination forum, but since we're talking...
Help.
Thanks!
bigdog
01-21-2008, 12:04 PM
Haven't tried it here yet, but Hayes in Anniston has. He says it won't come back for him there, and he's in zone 8a. It is a variable species though, and there could be other provenances that have more cold-hardiness.
As far as germination success...none here! I have had 100 seeds in the propagator for 8 months now with nothing yet.
Sodak
01-21-2008, 01:05 PM
Haven't tried it here yet, but Hayes in Anniston has. He says it won't come back for him there, and he's in zone 8a. It is a variable species though, and there could be other provenances that have more cold-hardiness.
As far as germination success...none here! I have had 100 seeds in the propagator for 8 months now with nothing yet.
Oooh! That doesn't sound promising. Were they fresh seeds? I collected mine from dried fruit still on the plant. Maybe that will make a difference?
After 8 months, I might just order some tissue cultures.
I've also got some Zebrina seeds. Any luck/experience germinating those?
Tropicallvr
01-21-2008, 03:07 PM
Nice Bloom! Maybe someone will send some pollen from something else and you could make a hybrid.
I didn't have much luck germinating the seeds either.
Bananaman88
01-21-2008, 06:13 PM
Randy,
To my knowledge, laterita and ornata is one in the same. Like almost everything else banana name-related, there is a lot of confusion. Luckily, it doesn't keep us from enjoying the beautiful blooms!
Randy4ut
01-21-2008, 06:40 PM
Brent, I agree that they are one in the same, I just try and call it by its correct name and not the one that it got called when it was lumped in with the other ornatas... aka M.ornata 'Bronze'
Sodak
02-23-2008, 04:04 PM
Yesterday I looked at my pot of about 30 Laterita seeds. After about one month of neglect, I have one sprout coming up. Hopefully, there will be more.
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