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flux2

09-23-2018 12:25 AM

Two flowers from one plant?!

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

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

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

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

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

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

Musa Double (Mahoi - Bananas Wiki)

flux2

09-23-2018 09:05 AM

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

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Originally Posted by beam2050 (Post 318687)

Haha! Maybe one day they will! Keep watching.

flux2

09-23-2018 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by edwmax (Post 318690)

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 (Post 318699)

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 (Post 318702)

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 (Post 318701)

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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

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

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

flux2

09-23-2018 11:42 AM

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

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Originally Posted by aruzinsky (Post 318708)

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 (Post 318709)

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

Cool! Good to know! Thank you:08:

aruzinsky

09-23-2018 01:02 PM

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

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Originally Posted by flux2 (Post 318710)

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

Re: Two flowers from one plant?!

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Originally Posted by aruzinsky (Post 318713)

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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