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Old 07-13-2010, 11:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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[/IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]Ensete ventricosum Flower
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These are pictures from last year of my ensete ventricousm that is going to bloom this year will try to post pictures of its progress as the flower gets to the bloom here are a few pics of it .yesterday Banana Gallery - ENSETE VENTRICOSUM FLOWER
This the first banana plant that I have grown and of course now I am hooked on them. It is hard to grow them this large in Canada with all the winter headaches of where to put it. It has been an amazing plant. I hope the flower is over before frost I am not sure how long that takes to happen.
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Old 07-13-2010, 12:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Love it!!!!I hear you about getting them through winter but its worth it.Do you store dormant or grow it year round.I passed through burford on the weekend.good luck!!!
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Jananas's help worked it seems, great job !
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What A beauty!!! Great job! Post its progress!!!
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Nice plant Zoloff!!!
Wish you would have posted the pix 2 days ago. My wife just drove through there today on her way up to cottage country north of Peterborough. Would have sent you a Dwarf on her trip
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[/IMG]I have kept in a greenhouse the last 2 years , but last year I had to move it at Christmas because the greenhouse went bankrupt so I moved it to another greenhouse which it was to big for and it stayed in the potting area with only lights no sun it didn't like that to much and I think that shocked it into blooming this year. If you go through Burford stop in.Banana Gallery - FINALLY IN NEW SPOT FOR WINTER
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zoloff, I loved looking through your gallery! It is beautiful where you live!
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[IMG][/IMG][/IMG]plant today
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Wow, that second pic of the plant in the first post is humongous!
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For those of you that don't know Zoloff grew this amazing beauty from SEED!!!! It is a celebrity plant in his community and you can see why.

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One heck of a plant.. how old is it? :^) Congrat's on the flower.
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[IMG][/IMG][/IMG] LAST SUMMER ON A NICE DAY THE PLANT IS 3 1/2 YEARS OLD
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A roll of 12 foot (wide) frost cloth isn't going very far on a beast like that.. :^)
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Thats Great! Its such an impressive looking plant. Makes you look like your in the land of the giants.





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Old 07-14-2010, 04:03 PM   #17 (permalink)
 
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[IMG][/IMG] DOES ANYBODY have any idea how long it would take from this point to have the flower out full. Picture taken 7/14/10
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Has it ever blown over? It looks like it would be top heavy and everyone gets wind once in a while..
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THESE ARE PICTURES OF INSIDE THE FLOWER TODAY 7/14/10. IT HAS NEVER BLOWN OVER IT WEIGHS ABOUT 800 LBS + AND I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WOODS PROTECTED BY 60 TO 80 FT TREES I ONLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HAIL STORMS.[IMG][/IMG]
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[IMG][/IMG]7/14/10 INSIDE THE FLOWER
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