Valor_X

I was wondering why my Blue Java mother plant had barely pushed at all when the pups have been rocketing.
I cut about 1ft of Pstem after winter so it's only 6ft tall

When it pushed out the tiny flag leaf I thought for sure it was just stunted
Then to my surprise today I saw this and now it makes sense

Unfortunately it only has a small leaf and an even smaller flag leaf
The smallest pup has bigger leaves

I'm stoked and really want to try Blue Java but I'm not entirely sure I'll get good edible bananas like this.
Hopefully the 3 pups can help provide some energy.
At the very least I'm hoping it'll be enough to get verification they are the real deal Blue Java

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

Backyard Banana Joe

Unfortunate it decided to flower now, but congrats! Like you said, hopefully you will be able to confirm it's the real one.

wstrickland1

At least is has some sort of leaves. You saw what happened to me. I never even saw the flag leaf lol

Edit: This was taken about an hour ago. A month or so in. I mean is it possible these will fill out? On a 12' pstem with ZERO leaves.

2022-04-22_07-55-59 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Valor_X

Yep, now between you and me we will have 3 separate threads of Naked/Almost Naked blooms. Should be interesting

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

wstrickland1

I'll let it hang in there as long as I can

CValentine

Looks like a flower to me...

I LOVE when they flower!!

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margotcantrell19

I have eaten this banana flower before. There are a few recipes that I learned. Dishes like banana flower salad. It's quite a feat, but it's quite delicious. dinosaur game

Valor_X

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

Valor_X

The Blue Java flower won't be any good. Bugs were already eating it.
I want to blame the bugs but I'm sure the plant is just too weak.
Is the flower enough for an ID?





On the bright side... it decided to say it's sorry by giving me a new pup



But even better... My Orinoco is flowering!!! BIG FLOWER! W00T!

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

Backyard Banana Joe

I'm sorry, that's disappointing you can't at least identify it.

Congratulations on the Orinoco flower! It's looking good. Looks like it's got some leaves so you should be in for some fruit. I would consider supporting it so it doesn't snap if you get a storm.

wstrickland1

At what height did it flower? The pup I got from Akula has pushed out 4 leaves so far and I started at around 5'

Valor_X

I got it as a very small pup mid 2020 and then it died back some in the 2021 texas winter storm but continued to grow.
It got to about 7ft pstem last year but after winter I cut it down to 6ft and that's when it flowered right after winter.

It had it pretty rough but it was growing for a while now so it's not surprising it decided to flower even though it was still relatively small.
It's pups are doing great they are growing like crazy they'll definitely get full size by the end of the year.

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

wstrickland1

Here's the pup I got from Akula last summer. It's trying to get on a roll, pstem around 5-6 feet. Not sure if I'll get a flower this year or not.

20220507_102227 by William Strickland, on Flickr