What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) - Page 71

Lau · 04-28-2017, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SonnyCrockett

Uh oh... what does it look like then?

Is it just small because there are on two leaves on it? It lost all of the leaves this winter and only just started growing again when it flowered.

Here are some pictures of my plant. I'm not sure what you have. Maybe it is small because it lost all the leaves.

venturabananas · 04-29-2017, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by meizzwang

Anyone have experience with flowering a P-stem with no leaves and then getting all the fruit to reach maturity?

Yes, but those bananas were MUCH smaller than they would have been if there had been leaves on that p-stem.

Lau · 04-29-2017, 09:51 PM

I purchased a Praying Hands Plant and it is finally blooming. I don't think its praying hands. The fingers at the top look too far apart.

Tytaylor77 · 04-29-2017, 10:11 PM

Haha maybe those praying hands pray with fingers apart

Nice bunch so far. Hopefully you will find out what it is. Yellow flowers so maybe some kinda A type.

Where did you get it Susan?

As always your blooms look amazing!
Your Real Raja Puri pictures should be in the wiki!!!

Lau · 04-29-2017, 10:55 PM

I purchased two banana plants (Red Kru and Praying Hands) from Aloha Tropicals. The Red Kru is probably an African rhino horn. I hope the not Praying Hands taste good.

robguz24 · 04-30-2017, 12:51 PM

My Red Kru from them turned out to be an ARH which never fruited. Virtually everything from them is wrong. I surprised they don't tape a banana leaf to a Dole banana and claim its a banana plant.

Lau · 04-30-2017, 01:25 PM

Now we know Red Kru from them could be ARH what do you think the Not Praying Hands is?

They advertise such exotic bananas on their web page it's hard to resist. I wonder if they have those banana plants? Has anyone had luck with them?

robguz24 · 04-30-2017, 07:36 PM

I actually had something from them turn out to be praying hands. My theory is they just ship whatever they have. My Monkey Fingers from them was a tall Brazilian, but one in which the fruit don't fill out. No idea what that other one of yours could be. Some more pics and info would help, showing petiole length and openness, height. Also, do the undersides of new leaves have any pink? Namwahs can have a very light pink which fades, while it's darker on Mysore types and doesn't fade as much. One of my thoughts is that your other might be a Mysore, but more pics might make be instead rule that out.

Lau · 04-30-2017, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by robguz24

I actually had something from them turn out to be praying hands. My theory is they just ship whatever they have. My Monkey Fingers from them was a tall Brazilian, but one in which the fruit don't fill out. No idea what that other one of yours could be. Some more pics and info would help, showing petiole length and openness, height. Also, do the undersides of new leaves have any pink? Namwahs can have a very light pink which fades, while it's darker on Mysore types and doesn't fade as much. One of my thoughts is that your other might be a Mysore, but more pics might make be instead rule that out.

The plant is about 14' tall. The underside of the leaves are green. I will try to get some better pictures.

Susan

robguz24 · 05-08-2017, 05:00 PM

Pitogo

Pisang Lilin

Juicy Bananas · 05-08-2017, 06:45 PM

Wow! The Pitogo looks awesome. I can't wait to see the finished nanners.

robguz24 · 05-13-2017, 06:13 PM

French Plantain

robguz24 · 05-16-2017, 09:37 PM

First bloom on my Ele Ele obtained from Kahanu Garden, Hana, Maui.

Kegas76 · 05-18-2017, 12:23 AM

1000 finger is finally past the first few worthless hands.

Orinoco is so slow to make any progress, maybe there will be some fruit when I get back from vacation.

SonnyCrockett · 05-18-2017, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by meizzwang

Sonnycrockett: after the female flowers bloom out, check the male flowers (don't cut off the male bud): if they're persistent (don't fall off the rachis), there's a good chance it's rajapuri.

Also, keep us posted on how the bunch develops, if at all. I'm interested to see if you can get fruit to fully mature if all the leaves have died off the fruiting P-stem.

Apparently, the side pups will "feed" the developing bunch (be sure to keep developing side pups happy), but it seems most of the reports I've read about are from bunches that are already somewhat developed (ie. they flowered months before, leaves all got fried during the winter, next spring comes around, and the bunches mature). Anyone have experience with flowering a P-stem with no leaves and then getting all the fruit to reach maturity?

It made 5 hands, then male flowers that are falling off. What does that mean?

PR-Giants · 05-19-2017, 07:04 AM

That was fast

The short fat little gal squeezed out a pup overnight.

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Originally Posted by PR-Giants

A 7 foot Variegated Dwarf Namwa with 10 hands so far. The skinny little Variegated Dwarf Namwa pup in the photo below next to the five gallon bucket was removed from the mother plant during flower emergence.

What makes this particular Variegated Dwarf Namwa mama special and that skinny little Variegated Dwarf Namwa pup below skinny is that there is a sibling pup that's the same height but is 3.1 times as fat with many more leaves.

So far it appears to be some type of Variegated Super Dwarf Namwa mutation and we should know in a few months if the trait is passed along to it's pups.

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Originally Posted by PR-Giants

The Variegated Dwarf Namwa pup on the right is similar to all of the other Variegated Dwarf Namwa pups produced so far and is 8 inches taller than the odd looking fat pup on the left.

Side by side comparison of two Variegated Dwarf Namwa that are both the same height.

A beautiful jumbo brick... Variegated Florida, planted over a dozen of these yesterday.

Variegated Namwa and Florida are prolific puppers and prices should soon be in the $10 to $15 range.

SonnyCrockett · 05-20-2017, 07:19 AM

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Those flowers on the bottom ended up falling off. Does that mean it's not Raja Puri?

venturabananas · 05-20-2017, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SonnyCrockett

Those flowers on the bottom ended up falling off. Does that mean it's not Raja Puri?

If they fall off without you pulling them off, then it isn't Rajapuri.

SonnyCrockett · 05-20-2017, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by venturabananas

If they fall off without you pulling them off, then it isn't Rajapuri.

Uh-oh...What could it be then? It's all green and the stem is short and thick with relatively big leaves for its size. This one had 6 feet of stem before winter, which died back some and flowered immediately this spring at about 4'.

SonnyCrockett · 05-20-2017, 02:33 PM

This is what it looks like today. After taking a closer look at it, the absolute bottom of the stem has a light pink tint to them, so they are not completely green stems. Also, the edge of the leaves have a thin pink line around the edge. Not nearly as pink as my Nam Wahs though.

04-29-2017, 09:51 PM	#1403 (permalink)
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Lau Location: Long Beach, California Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Susan Lau Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 573 BananaBucks : 86,163 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 9,337 Times Was Thanked 948 Times in 343 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 624 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) I purchased two banana plants (Red Kru and Praying Hands) from Aloha Tropicals. The Red Kru is probably an African rhino horn. I hope the not Praying Hands taste good.

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Lau Location: Long Beach, California Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Susan Lau Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 573 BananaBucks : 86,163 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 9,337 Times Was Thanked 948 Times in 343 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 624 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Now we know Red Kru from them could be ARH what do you think the Not Praying Hands is? They advertise such exotic bananas on their web page it's hard to resist. I wonder if they have those banana plants? Has anyone had luck with them? Last edited by Lau : 04-30-2017 at 01:28 PM.

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robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 285,944 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) I actually had something from them turn out to be praying hands. My theory is they just ship whatever they have. My Monkey Fingers from them was a tall Brazilian, but one in which the fruit don't fill out. No idea what that other one of yours could be. Some more pics and info would help, showing petiole length and openness, height. Also, do the undersides of new leaves have any pink? Namwahs can have a very light pink which fades, while it's darker on Mysore types and doesn't fade as much. One of my thoughts is that your other might be a Mysore, but more pics might make be instead rule that out. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

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robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 285,944 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Pitogo Pisang Lilin __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage Last edited by robguz24 : 07-03-2017 at 01:13 PM.

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SonnyCrockett Zone: 8b Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 59 BananaBucks : 11,605 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 9 Times Was Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) url=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61599][/url] Those flowers on the bottom ended up falling off. Does that mean it's not Raja Puri?

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SonnyCrockett Zone: 8b Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 59 BananaBucks : 11,605 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 9 Times Was Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) This is what it looks like today. After taking a closer look at it, the absolute bottom of the stem has a light pink tint to them, so they are not completely green stems. Also, the edge of the leaves have a thin pink line around the edge. Not nearly as pink as my Nam Wahs though. Last edited by SonnyCrockett : 05-20-2017 at 02:34 PM. Reason: pics

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