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Old 08-03-2010, 02:48 AM   #81 (permalink)
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Thanks for the info Bryan! I really have no experience with Ensetes so this is still kind of new to me. Initially I was hoping to enjoy that plant for at least two or three years before it flowered, so I guess I should be happy that it is still around. But, I really do look forward to seeing the first flower!

Here are the other 8 plants that are growing on a hillside in two rows. I haven't photographed them since May and they have really grown a lot in the last few months, so I took some updated photos today. You can see some insect damage on the leaves.













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I think my largest E. perrieri is finally getting ready to flower. The leaves have been getting shorter and shorter and the last leaf was quite a bit shorter than the rest. This newest leaf also had a bright red patch near the bottom of the petiole. It was bright red a few days ago but the color had faded a little by the time I took the photo yesterday. The base of the plant has also been swelling so I think the flower will be coming soon. I'll keep photographing it as it develops.





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Old 12-29-2010, 07:49 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Since my largest E. perrieri appears to be ready to bloom I thought I would check my other 8 plants that are growing in another area of the property. I haven't checked these plants in about 6 weeks and today I was surprised to find one of them is already blooming!









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I checked the photos on the RPS site again and this Ensete does not look like the ones in the RPS photos. So, I have no idea if this is truly E. perrieri or not. Just a couple days ago I was cleaning out a junk drawer and found the original invoice from when I first received these seeds 3.5 years ago. I verified that it indeed said "E. perrieri - 100 seeds".

I recently received a request for leaf samples for DNA analysis so I guess I will know for sure once that is completed. I will update this thread when I know more.
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Congrats Jeff!
Start seed waiting list

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I checked the photos on the RPS site again and this Ensete does not look like the ones in the RPS photos. So, I have no idea if this is truly E. perrieri or not. Just a couple days ago I was cleaning out a junk drawer and found the original invoice from when I first received these seeds 3.5 years ago. I verified that it indeed said "E. perrieri - 100 seeds".

I recently received a request for leaf samples for DNA analysis so I guess I will know for sure once that is completed. I will update this thread when I know more.
Hi Jeff,
It is Ensete suberbum. You are going to have a lot of seeds. It seeds are smaller and smooth compare to E.perrieri seeds.
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Thanks Markku. When I saw the flower and started looking up photos on the internet, that's the conclusion I came to also. Thanks for confirming!

I'm very disappointed that these arrived labeled as "E. perrieri" only to find out 3.5 years later that I got the wrong seeds...

Can someone change the title of this topic to E. superbum?
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Hi Eric,
It is not the first time that someone is having mislabelled seeds.
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Well, I'm still happy with these plants even though they are not E. perrieri. The one planted by the house is a MONSTER! Everyone who walks by it always asks (in amazement) "what IS that?" I can't wait for that one to flower!
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Old 12-31-2010, 06:00 PM   #92 (permalink)
 
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wow.. im jealous jeff !!!
i would kill to have any of my nanners get that big!!
my ensete maruelli's seem to be ok in storage so far..
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I thought I would post on update on these plants.

That first flower now looks like this. A couple of the fruit are starting to turn yellow. Does anyone know the best time to cut it down to collect seed?





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The largest E. superbum planted next to the Bali House still has not flowered. I thought it was getting ready to flower six months ago, but it just keeps on growing..

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