Two flowers from one plant?!

flux2 · 09-23-2018, 12:25 AM

I'm not sure if this is strange or not, but I took an image of one of my dwarf plants on Friday that is going to produce some bananas soon.

Today I went outside after a light rain and saw a second flower coming out as well.

Has anyone seen this before? I never have!

beam2050 · 09-23-2018, 04:17 AM

double congratulations.

it might have been said that if a ufo fly's over a banana twice that this can happen. I see them fly by all the time but they do not fly over my bananas so I can say I have never seen it.

edwmax · 09-23-2018, 04:31 AM

What variety banana is that? ... Oh congrats on the twins! ... You got little puppies to pass out now?

Botanical_Bryce · 09-23-2018, 08:14 AM

Musa Double (Mahoi - Bananas Wiki)

flux2 · 09-23-2018, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by beam2050

double congratulations.

it might have been said that if a ufo fly's over a banana twice that this can happen. I see them fly by all the time but they do not fly over my bananas so I can say I have never seen it.

Haha! Maybe one day they will! Keep watching.

flux2 · 09-23-2018, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by edwmax

What variety banana is that? ... Oh congrats on the twins! ... You got little puppies to pass out now?

Thanks!

They are dwarf or super dwarf cavendish. I got two plants online from Ted at greenhouse business in July of 2017. This one is fruiting, but the other hasn’t yet. Maybe this one will be making up for the others slack!

I’ll check to see how many pups there are. I think maybe 2-3?

hdynad · 09-23-2018, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce

Musa Double (Mahoi - Bananas Wiki)

Thats what i was thinking Bryce, Double Mahoi is only about 6 to 7 feet mature..

congrats & happy growing,

Darla

flux2 · 09-23-2018, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by hdynad

Thats what i was thinking Bryce, Double Mahoi is only about 6 to 7 feet mature..

congrats & happy growing,

Darla

Yep, it’s 5-6’.

Is the term Double Mahoi a species or just a term for the “twins”. I guess I can just look it up eh?

Update: Just googled Double Mahoi. So it seems it's s super dwarf cavendish mutation. So I guess what I have going on isn't strange at all since these are twining by design.

Thanks for the feed back!

aruzinsky · 09-23-2018, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by flux2

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I got two plants online from Ted at greenhouse business in July of 2017.
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Holy crap! I live near (22 miles, 45 min. drive) Ted's Greenhouse and I never heard of it! I looked it up online and it is a very big operation with a huge selection.

https://www.tedsgreenhouse.com/services

https://www.instantstreetview.com/@4...,-95.57h,5p,1z

Several decades ago, there were many large commercial greenhouse growers in the Chicago area, e.g., Jamaican Gardens, Elmhurst Flower Growers, Amlings, etc., that are now gone. With their demise, the wholesale grower supply companies, e.g., Florist Products and BFG, also left the Chicago area. I wonder where Ted's Greenhouse buys its grower supplies because, without nearby grower supply companies, shipping charges will kill you.

Botanical_Bryce · 09-23-2018, 11:37 AM

My doubles hardly get to six feet and have budded around 5 no problem.

flux2 · 09-23-2018, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by aruzinsky

Holy crap! I live near Ted's Greenhouse and I never heard of it! I looked it up online and it is a very big operation with a huge selection.

https://www.tedsgreenhouse.com/services

https://www.instantstreetview.com/@4...,-95.57h,5p,1z

Several decades ago, there were many large commercial greenhouse growers in the Chicago area, e.g., Jamaican Gardens, Elmhurst Flower Growers, Amlings, etc., that are now gone. With their demise, the wholesale grower supply companies, e.g., Florist Products and BFG, also left the Chicago area. I wonder where Ted's Greenhouse buys its grower supplies because, without nearby grower supply companies, shipping charges will kill you.

I got mine from a different Ted. He is in Florida.
https://www.greenhousebusiness.com/bananaplants.html

flux2 · 09-23-2018, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce

My doubles hardly get to six feet and have budded around 5 no problem.

Cool! Good to know! Thank you

aruzinsky · 09-23-2018, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by flux2

I got mine from a different Ted. He is in Florida.
https://www.greenhousebusiness.com/bananaplants.html

Wow, what a coincidink! My Ted's Greenhouse also sells banana plants:

Do you understand the concept of butterfly effect?

flux2 · 09-23-2018, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by aruzinsky

Wow, what a coincidink! My Ted's Greenhouse also sells banana plants:

Do you understand the concept of butterfly effect?

Crazy ain't it!
Everything happens for a reason.

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