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Eric-Orlando,FL
05-20-2008, 02:36 PM
Our Musa banksii is flowering, actually the 2 big stems are both flowering. This grows well but doesn't sucker heavily.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Bananas/img_1295.jpg
Dean W.
05-20-2008, 03:57 PM
Eric,
Congrats, on your flowering Musa banksii. :waving:
mskitty38583
05-21-2008, 03:37 AM
lovely flower and congrats!:2767:
dukeofargy
05-21-2008, 07:51 AM
Well done. Enjoy the fruit.
damaclese
05-21-2008, 08:17 AM
thanks for the pic and what a nice bunch of nanas you have going love the spanish moss afect! really lends an air of sothern charm to the place
dablo93
05-21-2008, 09:17 AM
congrats!! its a beautiful flower!@:D
Eric-Orlando,FL
05-21-2008, 10:04 AM
Glad you all enjoyed it. It is growing under the high canopy of a southern live oak that is loaded with Spanish Moss.
:aliennaner:
Dean W.
05-21-2008, 08:40 PM
Do they get seeds in the fruit?:colorwoot:
Mark Hall
05-22-2008, 11:16 AM
I have some seeds of Banksii in the prop at the moment. Been in erlands soak method for two weeks prior. Fingers crossed they will germinate as they were very fresh seeds.
Dean W.
05-22-2008, 01:35 PM
Mark, Thanks for answering my question. Now I know they can be grown from seed. :golfingbanana:
damaclese
05-22-2008, 02:30 PM
hey guys and gals i just got 10 Ensete ventricosum seeds do you all think its to late in the year to start them and if i can whats the best way to germinate them? by the way all defanatly have some to trade sell later this year if any ones interested
STEELVIPER
05-22-2008, 04:13 PM
Very nice. :rollerbananadone:
Kylie2x
06-01-2008, 11:08 AM
Great Pic! Congrats !!!! I just love Spanish moss also...
Kylie
island cassie
06-01-2008, 11:14 AM
Great plant Eric - nice picture too!!
Cassie
Chironex
06-01-2008, 11:27 AM
Very nice! I don't care how many pictures I see of banana flowers, every one I see makes me more and more hooked. I found a discarded 20 gal aquarium today. God must be telling me to germinate more seeds, right???? Also found a 3 gallon clear plastic jug that's shaped like a barrel - hmmm, terrarium - I think so.
Hey Pauly, did you see what he said about being under an Oak tree....? This might just give us the edge when the heat of the summer cooks the trees without some sort of protection. Might also help block the wind a bit if strategically placed.
Eric-Orlando,FL
06-02-2008, 07:31 AM
Hopefully with 2 inflorescences going I can get some viable seed from this.
damaclese
06-02-2008, 07:33 AM
Very nice! I don't care how many pictures I see of banana flowers, every one I see makes me more and more hooked. I found a discarded 20 gal aquarium today. God must be telling me to germinate more seeds, right???? Also found a 3 gallon clear plastic jug that's shaped like a barrel - hmmm, terrarium - I think so.
Hey Pauly, did you see what he said about being under an Oak tree....? This might just give us the edge when the heat of the summer cooks the trees without some sort of protection. Might also help block the wind a bit if strategically placed.
good luck finding a Oak tree here mabe down in old town but they dont do all that well there is a nativ Oak but its called a scrub Oak and only gets about 5 to 10 ft tall the leafs are quite tinny mabe only 1/2" acrost shade is always a problim here in vegas other hot citys seam to understand the need for it but for some reason in Vegas no one gets it
bigdog
07-29-2008, 09:59 PM
Hey Eric, I was just wondering what your source was for your original Musa banksii plant? The bud on yours is a very dark purple/maroon color. The pics I have seen online of Musa banksii have yellow-green buds, but I have seen references to "some forms" having the purple or maroon buds.
By the way, did you ever get seeds? Musa banksii has basal hermaphrodite flowers, so you should get some without another flower open.
Mark Hall
08-22-2008, 04:44 PM
I have now got 7 seedlings of banksii growing away nicely in the prop. Just need to keep them going. ( see gallery)
dablo93
08-23-2008, 07:33 AM
btw, I love the oak tree with all the spanish moss on the picture! it looks really amazing!
Eric-Orlando,FL
08-25-2008, 11:07 AM
We got it from Going Bananas back in March 2002.
Caloosamusa
04-25-2010, 09:43 AM
I have tried getting Banksii from Don (Going Bananas in Homestead FL), but he no longer has them available. The Banksii that Bigdog has germinated may become a little more valuable. :2239:
Though they are not flowering yet, maybe later this year!
Banksii seedling #1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31078&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31078)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31075&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31075&ppuser=2441)
Banksii seedling #2
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31076&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31076)
:2239:
Dalmatiansoap
04-25-2010, 10:12 AM
Keep them well, let them grow real high
:woohoonaner:
Caloosamusa
04-25-2010, 10:27 AM
I hope they only grow to about 8 to 10 feet (2.5 to 3 meters)! I hopefully will have some of my other AA's flowering! :2239:
bigdog
04-25-2010, 01:34 PM
Glad to see yours made it through the winter, Ken. The one you have has a yellow flower, unlike the one that Going Bananas has. It doesn't seem to be very cold-hardy! The one at my folks' house in Gainesville looked really rough in December, even before they had a frost. I'm not sure if it survived the winter or not. I'll have to ask Mom, lol. Good luck with yours!
Frank
Caloosamusa
04-25-2010, 01:46 PM
Thank you Frank,
Yes I knew these were different in at least the flower, I had talked to Don and you had provided some information in previous posts. From talking with Don, and viewing pictures of the parent plants, yours seem to have larger fruit, I hope!
Best wishes and Thank you for germinating these! :2239:
Gabe15
04-25-2010, 01:54 PM
I know this a relatively old topic, but looking at that first photo from Eric, as Frank noted it does not appear to be banksii (which has a green/yellow bud and looks very different). It actually looks almost exactly like the famous M. acuminata subsp. burmannica/burmannicoides 'Calcutta 4'.
Here is a photo of 'Calcutta 4' from a local research collection I work with. Sorry the photo is not better, I have not had time to take many good photos whenever I'm out there.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31085&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31085&ppuser=5)
Caloosamusa
04-25-2010, 02:01 PM
Thank you Gabe!!!
I am going to talk to Don again about this one!! :2239:
Raules
04-26-2010, 05:45 AM
Good pictures and the results, all thanks. Gabe, whenever possible spread pictures wild Musa. Ken, we will wait flowering of yours Musa banksii, it will be interesting to look. All the best regards!
Caloosamusa
10-14-2010, 06:15 AM
It is not flowering yet but per Frank's direction (Bigdog) of an update, the following photo document is submitted.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37473&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37473)
Hopefully it will shoot in the spring! This one is doing well, and I will move the other mat as it is not as happy as this one. Thanks again Frank! :jalapenonaner:
bananadude
10-14-2010, 02:06 PM
WOW...now I have something to look forward too...I recently got a Banksii from Bigdog!
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