My new 'Ae-Ae'!
 

Today my wife and I had the pleasure of taking a little drive over to Lake Charles, LA to pick up an 'Ae-Ae' pup from SteveL and his lovely wife. Steve and I have been in contact frequently since I joined this site last summer. He is a great guy and always willing to share his plant knowledge and plants. Today proved no exception as I went home with not only a sweet Ae-Ae pup but a 'Raja Puri', and uranoscopus, and numerous Heliconia starts. Steve, just let me say thanks again. You and your wife were very nice to us and the cajun restaurant you recommended was fabulous. You are welcome at my house anytime! Enjoy the pics everyone! Note the permagrin on my face (that's me in the Hawaiian shirt)!



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Congrats, on your new new Ae-Ae!:bananajoy:

Dean

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Congratulations on the Ae Ae .. It's abut the same size as my two that went through the winter in the ground here in Plant City , Florida 40 miles E. of Tampa. I have sinse picked up 3 variegated Cavendish (found at Walmart) and they're doing well in the ground also. Robert C.

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No wonder you are smiling - that is a lovely plant!

Cassie

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Robert,

Are the var. Cavendishes pupping any yet? I wouldn't mind trying one of those sometime if you ever get any pups. Surprised to hear that Wal-Mart had them, though. I've yet to see our Wal-Mart here by me carry any banana plants. Maybe they will some day!

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congrats on your Ae Ae, its a beautiful musa!!
are you putting him outside >? the whole year or only in summer or so ?

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Cool. Steve L has helped me with many questions i have had with Heliconias and gingers.

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Brent,
Congrats!!! Nice to finally have a face with both you and Steve. Take great care of the AeAe and keep us posted as to its progress. What kind of heliconias did you tote home?

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lovely little ae ae! congrats!

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Brent,

Nice to meet you and your wife as well. Hope the plants do well for you.

Steve

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Steve,

The pleasure was all mine. I only wish I could have brought your more plants than I did in exchange!

I still haven't decided for sure if I'm going to grow it in the pot for a while or go ahead and put it in the ground. I'm leaning towards putting it in the ground since it is still spring time and it should have plenty of time to get estblished before winter. I'll have to think about it a bit more.

I already have the 'Rajapuri' and the Heliconia angusta 'Red Christmas' in the ground. The others may stay in pots for a while. Randy, you asked about the other heliconias; others were H. rostrata, H. schiedeana, and H. 'Pedro Ortiz'

Thanks again for everything Steve. I'll take some pics throughout the summer and keep you all updated! :2718:

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:2734:Congratulations on your new baby!
Take care of her/him, and please keep us informed of your newbies progress!

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Brent, Welcome to the Ae Ae members club. super looking plant too.

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Congratulations! That's a beauty!

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:woohoonaner:

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Thanks everyone! I'm super stoked! I had one about 4 yrs. ago and accidentally kicked it while mulching my landscape just as it was emerging from winter dormancy. It was only about 4" tall or so. I snapped it off even with the ground and it never came back; just too weak from being dormant all winter. Trust me, I felt like crying. I still cannot thank SteveL enough for setting me up again. I promise I'll do better this time. My wife has already warned me about being clumsy!

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Congrats! Sooo beautiful!

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Steelviper,

The real heliconia and ginger expert, and the person that taught me everything I know, is a member on this forum; the lovely Lilith, better known to me as Regina.

Steve

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Steve,

You're being waaay too modest about your knowledge of heliconias! You're collection was very nice. I'd love to see it about mid-late summer sometime. Maybe we should have a regional Bananas.org mtg. at your place. Isn't that nice of me to ask if we can meet at your place??? I'd be up for doing it at my place sometime too, for that matter if anyone in the area is interested.

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Crawfish boil at Steve's house!!:chefnaner: Just kidding. Steve has been a huge help in answering all of my heliconia questions also. Still have'nt made it out there to visit but I'm working on it. Steve, that H. latispatha 'Orange Gyro' I got a while back is starting send up shoots. It looks like it is going to be a strong grower. And it looks like my Z. midnight is trying come back also, but boy is it slow.