momoese

I think the nectar is different from the latex sap in the plant. I have stains on my drive way from leaving fresh cut pseudo stems on it, but the flower nectar that drips on it all the time just washes right off.

thebes11

The stuff I have on my leaves is very thick, gooey and sticky. It's definitely coming from the blooms as it's only found directly below them.

momoese

If you touch the flowers you'll get some on them and see that when it first comes out it's not sticky at all. After it sits for a while it becomes thicker and more sticky, but it still washes of my driveway with water. You might try tasting it, it's lightly sweet and quite nice actually.

microfarmer

Awesome Thebes11!! It's looking good!

Don't worry Benny, With all your hard work, I'm sure you'll have bananas soon!

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PAJ53

Congrats! Your banana and my Ornico are at exactly the same stage.

thebes11

You've actually got an extra set! Do all of yours have six bananas? Is that standard, or does it vary?

Great looking plant!

Bananaman88

Nectar and sap are definitely different. I've yet to find anything that will remove sap stains once you get them on your clothes, patio, etc. Nectar should be no problem. The bees, wasps, and hummingbirds sure do love it!

thebes11

As you can see, I've got two new blooms! Is it normal for the leaves to have opened up while the bananas are so small? They are maybe 1/4 of the diameter of the first two when the leaves curled back. Should I be doing anything differently/extra at this point? Or should I just continue to sit back and enjoy the show?

(oh yeah, can you tell I got my new camera? Just a little difference!)

Bananaman88

Just sit back and let them do their thing!

thebes11

One day and two more hands showed up! That's now a total of 6, for a whopping 36 nanas so far! It looks like there are a couple more getting ready to pop too!

Kylie2x

Congrats to all of you!!!
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thebes11

The leaves are pulling back from the bananas while they are really small now, are these little finger things actually going to grow? Doesn't look like they are getting any bigger, and the first two hands were huge when the leaves peeled back (as seen in the top photos).

I'm I only going to get twelve edible bananas?

Also, it looks like something crawled up and ate a couple of the tiny "fingers" as I've come to call them. If you click to open up the larger copy of the last picture, you can see the lowest hand on the right only has a couple of fingers, and there are nubs that look to be sheared off at the top of the hand.

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Bananachris

Congratulations.
You may have more then twelve edible bananas. The other will grow too.
So in three month I can come for a visit to eat a banana together with you?

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Taylor

Those "small ones" are the male flowers. They will drop off in a day or 2 after opening. That said, you will only have 12 bananas.

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PS: Which means the big ones were the female flowers...which in the case that this plant were to produce seed, the males would pollinate the females, the males would die, and the females would stay to to take in energy to produce seeds are part of the life cycle. Which won't happen since Musa orinoco is an edible cultivar.