Kegas76

I first bought this guy around this time last year(4/23/16). I was in Miami with my wife for the SoFlo Cake & Candy Expo (she does cake as a side thing) so we swung down to Homestead and hit up Going Bananas.

5/6/16 - I moved them into larger pots while I was still working on the island in the front yard. It was about 3-4 weeks before I got them into the ground. (left, Dusky Rose; middle Orinoco; right 2x Musella)


6/26/16 - Two weeks after getting it into the ground the flag leaf popped out.


7/2/16 - The next weekend and a few bracts are open.


7/2/16 - At the same time the first pups are peeking out from the mulch.


9/10/16 - Two months later, those first two pups are already blooming. There were two more showing their flag at this point.

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New blooms just this week.


Shot of the full mat in the island.


Side angle view to show how thick these mat up. Including a few peepers, 21 stems in the mat.

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A few hands showing now. I decided to bring out the yardstick to provide a clear measure of the flowering height. As you can see these flower just under three feet.


When I went out to inspect the other two flowers today I noticed this one starting to show. He's a bit shorter than the other two, emerging at 25".

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Just when I thought the mat couldn't get any thicker.



I got back from vacation this weekend and the mat exploded with blooms. Including the three mentioned in the last post there are 8 buds in the mat.



I haven't seen any seed in a single banana yet, I guess the paper wasps that like to visit them aren't good pollinators.

cincinnana

That is one nice mat of plants!!

And there is so many compared to your first post last year.
Amazing.

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