Ensete Ventricosum Flower
 

[/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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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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Incredible plant!

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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!:goteam:

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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.

~JaNan

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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.

YouTube - LAND OF THE GIANTS THEME (SEASON 1)

YouTube - WATER DRAIN/ MORE GARBAGE (MUSIC FROM LAND OF THE GIANTS)

TV shows had better theme music back then. Perhaps you could play this music in your yard for effect. :woohoonaner:

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Absolutely amazing.

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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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Amazing...absolutely beautiful!

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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

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!:ha:

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!!! :woohoonaner:

Deb

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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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Absolutely beautiful. Thanks again for sharing!

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[/IMG] A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM 7/20/10

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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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NIGHT SHOT PHOTO TAKEN 7/21/10

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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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Stunning!

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Now that flower has some character. :^)

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Can we get a picture of the whole plant with the bloom? I just want to get an idea of how it hangs off the plant and generally the entire situation. Thanks in advance.

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HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE WHOLE PLANT THIS YEAR . NO BIG LEAVES LIKE LAST YEAR AFTER IT'S HARD WINTER, IT SEEMS THE PLANT'S WHOLE EFFORT IS TO PRODUCE THE FLOWER, AND THEN IT IS GONE BUT IF I AM LUCKY MAYBE I WILL GET SOME SEEDS. IT WAS AN AWESOME PLANT MAYBE IT WILL GIVE ME A FEW MORE.[IMG]

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[/IMG][/IMG]THE BEES SEEM TO LIKE THE FLOWER ALWAYS LOTS OF THEM AROUND, IT IS STARTING TO EXTEND OUT FARTHER AS IT KEEPS OPENING UP.:waving:

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Spectacular!

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"Zoloff" That picture of the plant on the Skidsteer is unbelievable. It looks like a silk model.... PERFECT! It takes GREAT skill to grow Ensete V. that Perfect!

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ENSETE FLOWER TAKEN 8/6/10, IT IS STILL GETTING MORE RED AFTER EACH LEAF.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ENSETE FLOWER TAKEN 8/6/10, IT IS STILL GETTING MORE RED AFTER EACH LEAF.

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Awesome, congrats!

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That's a really huge one for the pot, good job. Do you remember where you bought the seeds? The seeds I've grown from bananatree.com have had red p-stems, and I wouldn't mind growing some with green p-stems like yours. Thanks.

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The Seeds For The Green Rib Are From Thompson And Morgan I Have Also Grown Banana Tree Ones They Are All Red Ribbed, It Seems That The Green Ribbed Ones, Grow Taller And The Leaf Is Slightly Different In Shape. They Seem Harder To Germinate Than The Ones From Banana Tree For Some Reason And The Seeds Are About Twice The Size. If You Have A Hard Time Finding Some I Have Some Seeds From T&m And Hopefully I Will Have Some From My Plant Which I Could Send You Later If You Would Like.