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Old 07-15-2010, 06:36 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Awesome accomplishment! Your plant looks very healthy!
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Very Unique looking flower, spectacular accomplishment. :^)
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What size pot do you have it in? ~J
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Janana the pot is about 3 1/2 ft high by 4 1/2 ft wide. It makes you feel like Mr. Wilson waiting for this plant to bloom.

[IMG][/IMG] SIDE VIEW OF FLOWER IT SEEMS TO BE OPENING FIARLY FAST 7/15/10

[IMG][/IMG]7/15/10
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Very very cool and unique! Such an amazing and impressive spectacle! Congrats on the bloom for sure! Such a beautiful plant.
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[IMG][/IMG] 7/15/10
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I love seeing the daily changes. I have ran out of adjectives to describe this beauty. Les you have to be so proud of her!!!!! ~J
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I'm just blown away looking at this plant...... IN A POT!! At first I thought it was going to be a photo shop joke...I kept scrolling down.... no joke!! I cracked up about your comment relating to Mr Wilson waiting for the bloom. I saw that movie!

Looking forward to watching this bloom progress! I have a small Ensete Ventricosum that I can see has great potential in a pot if it's big enough.

What a green thumb you have! Congrats!!!

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moving it last fallI give it lots of fertilizer about 8 to 10 pails a week of miracle gro 24 8 16 and fish emulsion 5 1 1 it seemed to love it and all my other banana plants seem to respond very good to that mix. I HAVE ABOUT 30 MORE ENSETES ON THE GO RIGHT NOW SO HOPEFULLY I HAVE A FEW BIG ONES again next year. My largest one this year is a about ten ft and it is a maurelii and we have about 12 weeks of growing time outside left so it could get fairly big before then, I am going to repot that one this week into a bigger pot .
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[/IMG][IMG][/IMG] A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF THE FLOWER TAKEN ON SUN 7/18/10
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Old 07-18-2010, 05:49 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Absolutely beautiful. Thanks again for sharing!
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Old 07-20-2010, 11:05 PM   #34 (permalink)
 
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Unbelievable! Thanks for posting. Keep us updated!
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Just keeps getting cooler and cooler each time you post updated pics! I really like the maroon stripes it's got now!
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PICTURE TAKEN 7/26/10 EVERY NEW LEAF THAT OPENS UP IT IS A LITTLE REDDER INSIDE THAN THE LAST .
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Wow...so much color now! This thing just keeps getting cooler and cooler! Thanks for all the updates, zoloff!
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So, how tall is the ladder you are on to get these pics? Very cool! Keep 'em coming!
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