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Kegas76
04-27-2017, 10:27 PM
I first bought this guy around this time last year(4/23/16). I was in Miami with my wife for the SoFlo Cake & Candy Expo (she does cake as a side thing (https://www.facebook.com/BakewithRho/)) so we swung down to Homestead and hit up Going Bananas.

5/6/16 - I moved them into larger pots while I was still working on the island in the front yard. It was about 3-4 weeks before I got them into the ground. (left, Dusky Rose; middle Orinoco; right 2x Musella)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59717&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59717)

6/26/16 - Two weeks after getting it into the ground the flag leaf popped out.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60065&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60065)

7/2/16 - The next weekend and a few bracts are open.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61405&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61405)

7/2/16 - At the same time the first pups are peeking out from the mulch.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61404&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61404)

9/10/16 - Two months later, those first two pups are already blooming. There were two more showing their flag at this point.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61399&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61399&ppuser=21573)

Kegas76
04-27-2017, 11:00 PM
New blooms just this week.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61403&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61403&ppuser=21573)

Shot of the full mat in the island.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61402&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61402&ppuser=21573)

Side angle view to show how thick these mat up. Including a few peepers, 21 stems in the mat.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61401&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61401&ppuser=21573)

Kegas76
05-03-2017, 11:51 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61454&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61454)
A few hands showing now. I decided to bring out the yardstick to provide a clear measure of the flowering height. As you can see these flower just under three feet.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61453&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61453)
When I went out to inspect the other two flowers today I noticed this one starting to show. He's a bit shorter than the other two, emerging at 25".

Kegas76
05-30-2017, 10:30 PM
Just when I thought the mat couldn't get any thicker.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61743&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61743)

I got back from vacation this weekend and the mat exploded with blooms. Including the three mentioned in the last post there are 8 buds in the mat.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61742&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61742)

I haven't seen any seed in a single banana yet, I guess the paper wasps that like to visit them aren't good pollinators.

cincinnana
05-31-2017, 07:32 AM
That is one nice mat of plants!!:08:

And there is so many compared to your first post last year.
Amazing.