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The first and biggest of my replacement bananas has thrown up a pup - so now I am looking for a flag each day. When that happens I will be looking for opinions as to what it might be - never saw fruit from it ripen in the wild. All the rest are looking good but not as big as this baby at 10ft. Even the orphan from the lagoon has started to move and the icecream from Jarred is looking gorgeous. They have even survived the pounding from the dogs. But I am so impatient!!!! Pictures later when I can prise the camera from my husband's grasp!!!!

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You can get a hint of when the flag is coming by the last large leaf, it'll probably be a tad smaller than the prior large leaf. Look closely ;)

Glad to hear the IC is doing good. How's the Apple?

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I'm looking forward to seeing pictures!

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sorry Jarred - I was so excited that I had a blonde moment - I meant the apple of course! It is looking really good - pics soon.

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Ahh ok!
:)

I will post pics of the mother plant, it's bloomed and full of fruit!
This way you can see what to expect. Stay tuned..
:)

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Cassie!!! That is so Awesome.. I look forward to seeing your photos.. I go out everyday in hopes of a Flag :o .. My DH is relentless in ridicule...LOL I believe he calls it Obsessed...AND!!!
Kylie

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It has been so dry here for the last month - even the weeds are wilting - most unusual for us as we normally have a short shower every other evening.
And we have had visitors from Australia to stay - they have gone but we are organising a beach bbq and pig roast for 50+ on Saturday. Apart from being threatened by hurricanes Dean and Felix which turned away thank goodness, Jim has been in the hospital with a severe irregular heartbeat which medication seems to be helping. When friends say "what do you do with your time?", I hardly know how to reply. lol. So apologies for the lack of posts and pictures - normal service will be resumed shortly!

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This is the one I suspect might be a plantain - it has grown very fast and the pseudostem is over 6ft and the new pup is visible behind it. Watching daily for a flag.



These are 2 dwarf cavendish types I think.



These two suddenly grew from what I thought was a dead mat.



Red fruited banana.



Local apple banana called "rulo" - for some unknown reason I don't appear to have a current pic of Jarred's apple - back into the garden I go!!




This is the orphan from the lagoon which has been very slow to get away and grow, and is still the smallest. Perhaps the brackish salty water had something to do with that. It has kept quite a bit of red markings on the leaves.

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Very nice pictures!!!

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Hey Anna - I want fruit!!!!!! and I want it now!!! tantrum with drumming heels!

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Here is the little apple Jarred - hasn't she grown! They mostly all still have rebar protection against rough dogs and careless gardeners. In the second picture you can see the orphan from the lagoon behind on the left and it is still so much smaller in spite of being in the ground much longer. In the early mornings when the banana leaves have small pools of water collected in them, hummingbirds come down and bathe on them, but they are so quick that they have eluded the camera so far - one day though......

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Yea, very nice!

I'm about to post a thread with photos of it's mother fruiting.
You'll get to see what to expect :)

You've made it a long way since the disaster struck!

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