SteveW

I've spent ages trying to word this post correctly,but I can't seem to phrase it right.So I'll just let the pics speak for themselves




Kinda freaky eh?
Does anyone know what would cause it to do this?or is it just a freak thing that can happen in any plant occasionally?

xavierdlc61887

crazyyyyyy but awesome :P

chong

Could be from remnants of the growth hormones from the TC'ing process. Unless, of course, if your plant came from a pup, in which case then this wouldn't apply. But if you got it from a nursery, chances are, it is from TC.

Tropicallvr

In the TC forum it was mentioned that TCer's have to go back to the original plant stock(after tcing 4 generations of plants) so that the plants don't end up with mutations from tcing over and over. It's kinda hard to do that with Maurelli.

Gabe15

Iʻve had this happen before (from a corm grown plant), its usually only for a leaf or 2 and then the plant is back to normal, at least it did for me.

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MediaHound

Interesting pics!

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SteveW

Hey guys
Its definately a Tc plant,it came from one of the DIY stores back in the spring.Reason I bought it was that it was showing some interesting colouration.Unfortuanatly its since lost the markings and reverted back to normal,well until this happened,lol


I guess then that wherever these were tc'ed,they haven't gone back to the original stock plant in a while.So far this year I've picked up 4 diffrent maurellis all showing some form of variegation,and seen a few more aswell.Two of the ones(including this one) have since reverted back to normal,but the other two have still got it.

Chironex

Thanks for sharing the pics. That is something that I had never seen before. It is very interesting. Has anyone ever heard of fused fruit? Not like Praying hands (Siamese banana twins???) Just curious.

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Mark Hall

I can't believe you have bought another Maurelii......how many is that you have now 200????

Its almost like Fasciation ( spelling) that you get on the odd plant.

Was it a two tone green variegation that grew out or white/cream?

I see the label is a B&Q how is the variegated one from Urban Jungle doing?
My two tone green one out grew the slight variegation that it had. I did wonder if it was lacking in feed at the nursery and with us feeding them it simply perked up.....sometimes Bananas can be very confusing

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damaclese

grate post guys thanks for all the input and pics
Don't you just love how freaky Bananas can be keeps things interesting! OK I'm testing to see if my spelling is improving so i did this all out of my head! i think the speech recognition program is helping me

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chong

Yes, I've seen many of them, and they are not unusual. Two fingers in the same hand will be fused similar to the joint between fingers of the Praying Hands. Coincidentally, we call them "Kambal", which means twins. Like the PH, only the skin is fused, not the pulp. Not unusual with Latundan (I believe this is Manzano. I don't know if Manzano has thin skin, but this one does.) and Saba. I don't remember seeing twins with Lacatan or Bungulan.

I believe that this is just caused by pressure and injury at a very young stage of the fruits' development that exposed the layer under the "epidermis" of the each fruit, and they formed a graft to prevent further bleeding.