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Randy4ut 07-06-2010 01:43 PM

Ensete glaucum set to bloom!!!
 
Replanted my two year old E.glaucum from being stored (bareroot) over the winter, this spring. Well, it took off but all of a sudden appeared to simply stop!!! I looked a bit closer today and noticed the last couple of leaves had come out a bit shorter, so I immediately thought, "Wait a minute". A still closer look revealed this little guy had sent out a flower bud and is now all set to bloom!!! I really was amazed that this thing was going to bloom at such a small size, so I only hope it has time to bloom so I can enjoy it for the flower. I was really hoping this thing was going to get massive this year, but oh well... Pictures to come later...












LilRaverBoi 07-06-2010 02:10 PM

Re: Ensete glaucum set to bloom!!!
 
:pics:

NEED PICS! I love E. glaucum...it's such a beautiful plant and has such a unique flower! Congrats!

Randy4ut 07-06-2010 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LilRaverBoi (Post 133964)
:pics:

NEED PICS! I love E. glaucum...it's such a beautiful plant and has such a unique flower! Congrats!

Brian,

Patience is not one of your strong suits is it!?!?!?! As stated before, I will be adding pics, but when the temps are hovering about 95F and the sun is straight overhead, picture taking is not something that is a good idea!!!

pics Added To Orginal Post!!!!

sunfish 07-06-2010 04:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy4ut (Post 133962)
Replanted my two year old E.glaucum from being stored (bareroot) over the winter, this spring. Well, it took off but all of a sudden appeared to simply stop!!! I looked a bit closer today and noticed the last couple of leaves had come out a bit shorter, so I immediately thought, "Wait a minute". A still closer look revealed this little guy had sent out a flower bud and is now all set to bloom!!! I really was amazed that this thing was going to bloom at such a small size, so I only hope it has time to bloom so I can enjoy it for the flower. I was really hoping this thing was going to get massive this year, but oh well... Pictures to come later...












Nice:woohoonaner:

Dalmatiansoap 07-06-2010 05:03 PM

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Bravo!
:nanadrink:

Abnshrek 07-06-2010 05:47 PM

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Congrat's Randy.. :^) Very Nice Pic's as well :^)

Raules 07-06-2010 06:37 PM

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Congrats!

LilRaverBoi 07-06-2010 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Randy4ut (Post 133981)
BrYan,

Patience is not one of your strong suits is it!?!?!?!

Oh, I'm actually quite patient....just enjoy giving people a hard time! Especially when they start enticing threads before pictures are available. I go by the 'if there aren't pics, it didn't happen' policy.

And yeah, that is quite small to be blooming! Looks great though!

Randy4ut 07-06-2010 09:39 PM

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Dean W. 07-07-2010 06:36 AM

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Very Nice, Randy! :woohoonaner:

jeffreyp 07-07-2010 06:47 AM

Re: Ensete glaucum set to bloom!!!
 
have any seeded bananas blooming now? I'd try spreading the pollen and see if you can get a hybrid. beautiful pictures by the way...

jmoore 07-07-2010 09:06 AM

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That would only work if you had another ensete flowering. ensete, musa and musella are a different genus so one genus will not be able to set seed with another different genus. It's like if a cow mated with a horse, nothing would happen except weirdness.

jeffreyp 07-07-2010 09:29 AM

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James, respectfully that is not true...intergeneric hybrids do occur and it's worth trying. What you referred to was an interordinal hybrid (cow/horse). Cabbage and radishes have been crossed (both of different genus) to produce a radicole. The first Raphanobrassica or "rabbage", an allopolyploid cross between the radish (Raphanus sativus) and cabbage (Brassica oleracea), was obtained by the Soviet agronomist Georgi Dmitrievich Karpechenko, in 1928. Two other fertile forms of Raphanobrassica are known. Raparadish, an allopolyploid hybrid between Raphanus sativus and Brassica rapa is grown as a fodder crop. "Raphanofortii" is the allopolyploid hybrid between Brassica tournefortii and Raphanus caudatus.


some interesting links..
Haute House Orchids - Care for Intergeneric Orchids

Garden at Symdock - Bromeliads - Intergeneric

jmoore 07-07-2010 12:39 PM

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Well I stand corrected. I'll keep my mouth shut in the future.

Randy, spread that pollen far and wide.

Bananaman88 07-07-2010 12:46 PM

Re: Ensete glaucum set to bloom!!!
 
Looking good, Randy. I've seen a 'Maurellii' bloom in the past and they are quite cool. I'm sure this will be no exception.

LilRaverBoi 07-07-2010 01:17 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jmoore (Post 134053)
Randy, spread that pollen far and wide.

LOL...but please keep your sex powder away from me. :ha:

Randy4ut 07-07-2010 01:51 PM

Re: Ensete glaucum set to bloom!!!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by LilRaverBoi (Post 134059)
LOL...but please keep your sex powder away from me. :ha:


Brian, you have NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!!!! After seeing some of your pics, I think you have NOTHING to be concern about!!!

As far as spreading any pollen, I have no other bananas blooming at this time... Guess it would have to take care of itself....

jeffreyp 07-07-2010 02:05 PM

Re: Ensete glaucum set to bloom!!!
 
thats too bad...would have been fun to attempt a hybrid musa/ensete.

hammer 07-07-2010 02:24 PM

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Very very nice Randy!

Randy4ut 07-18-2010 07:24 PM

Re: Ensete glaucum set to bloom!!!
 
Just thought I would post a few updated pictures of my E. glaucum that is blooming:







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