nph

I live in Dallas, last year my Basjoo flowered in late October. I saw some minibanans before the frost came in December but that was it.
Thanks to the mild winter I have 2 Icecreams that could remain outside with heavy covering that survived the winter and now one of them is seending up a flag leaf!

Woohoo!

That means I have a chance to actually get some bananas!
I can even see the flower starting to come up right behind it!

It is an Icecream (fake or real I guess I will know once I see the fruit!)
I bought several pups from 3 different sources, one being Going Bananas and a very reputable local nursery. But that was a couple of years back and since then I have taken pups fro all of them so which one now flowers is from Going Banans or one of my other two sources I really don't know and I guess I wont until I see the fruit! I also have a Dwarf Orinoco that survived the winter and two additional Icecreams where I kept the P-Stem in the garage and all of these are actually bigger than the Icecream that is sending up a flower right now! Most of them are around my pool so I am guessing that maybe the humidity helps?

I just had to share!

bananimal

How tall is it ---- where the flower emerged? Post a pic.

trebor

Awesome ! Your da man!
And is it possible to see a picture of your bloom ? and plant

Boy I just looked at your photo gallery the pool area plants look great !!! Very nice

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Great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Darkman

You have the same issue I have. I'm not sure my Ice Cream is one. I now have a second mat labeled Ice Cream bloomimg so we will see. Unfortunately I think they all may be Orinoco.

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palmtree

Thats great news! I have an ice cream banana (pretty sure its the real thing, which I guess is pretty lucky since it seems like few people actually have it) and its a long way from fruiting I think. Right now its about 7 feet tall, it was a foot tall when I got it just a little over 2 years ago. Im expecting it to be about 12 feet tall by the end of the summer and Im really hoping it doesnt fruit until next year so that way I have a chance of getting some bananas!
How tall is yours? I think we would all love to see some pics! Hope you get some fruit, I think you will. I guess they take about 6 monts to mature which takes you to the end of November. Shouldnt be a problem in your location!

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nph

I will post some pics tomorrow. I am pretty sure they are not Orinoco since I have a Dwarf Orinoco and it looks very different compared to my Icecreams.