Forum: Tiki Hut
12-17-2011, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,149
Re: Famous Quotes
"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day."
~...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
12-17-2011, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,149
Re: Famous Quotes
“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”
~ Orson Welles
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Forum: European Section
12-17-2011, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 10,999
Re: Big decision, need Your opinion
I would vote for the single market, I think the idea of a bloc of independent nations trading together and allowing a free movement of people and goods is a fundamentally good thing and can only...
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Forum: Species Bananas
02-28-2011, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,095
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Forum: Tiki Hut
12-30-2010, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 1,282
Views: 94,049
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Forum: Species Bananas
12-27-2010, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 18,782
Re: Ensete perrieri
I think my largest E. perrieri is finally getting ready to flower. The leaves have been getting shorter and shorter and the last leaf was quite a bit shorter than the rest. This newest leaf also...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-23-2010, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,101
Re: Rough Winter
Oopps It appears I stunk up the room.
Jack I'm really sorry but at some point Gore's beliefs become humorous and I have to throw a jab or two. I however will not hijack a thread and continue the...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-23-2010, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,101
Re: Rough Winter
OH NO I'd never say that.
Al Gore couldn't be full of Horse prepared fertilizer could he.
I'm sure he is right and ever day I thank him. If it wasn't because of the Global Warming Al Gore created...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
12-22-2010, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 1,282
Views: 94,049
Re: What Are You Listening To?
YouTube - James Taylor & Carole King - You've Got a Friend (HQ) (Uploaded by Tornike Ivanishvili) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RPCFfudmU)
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
12-13-2010, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,361
Re: Ensete survive zone6
I uploaded the photos of the plants coming back. The leaves were removed early spring and new growth shown. I figured I would test them sense after 3 years of taking them inside each year they would...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-27-2010, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,168
Re: The seedless fruits of Helen's hybrid
asacom,
I think as with basjoo, if the fruits are not pollinated they will not develop properly. Why is this? Perhaps when pollination occurs this sets in motion growth factors within the fruit...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-27-2010, 01:57 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,059
Re: Musa Sikkimensis Gigantea
OK the seeds have arrived this is what they look like
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38849&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38849&ppuser=4043)
Maybe...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-26-2010, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,168
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-20-2010, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,287
Re: variegated basjoo
Hi Ivan,
Like Alan (muse monkey) has said it does depend on what type of variegation your plant has?
I’ve had a few variegated Basjoos, the first (the mother plant) was very beautifully variegated...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-18-2010, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,668
Re: Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannensis
Musa itinerans var. xishuangbanna mature fruits are very difficult to locate as people are collecting the female buds and selling them in markets to be used as salad.
I know only two location of it...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-16-2010, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,720
My Musa repository in Gainesville, FL
Ok, well not really...it's my folks' yard, lol. They have about 2 1/2 acres though, and Mom has let me plant whatever I want down there. Some plants were planted last year and are already big, while...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-11-2010, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,089
Re: Ensete Lasiocarpa
Neither am I, therefore I trust my new signature will also be okay with you.
However, religion belongs in homes, synagogues, churches, temples etc, as well as denominational schools and...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-11-2010, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,481
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-11-2010, 05:05 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,481
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-10-2010, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,481
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-09-2010, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,315
Re: Musa Yunnanense trial
Yeah thanks. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes. I'm using all my tricks the one, since I don't have the heat from the house or any other microclimates, and it is a bit small. But I'm really...
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
11-09-2010, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,315
Musa Yunnanense trial
I have a few of these I'm leaving out this winter to trial and see how they perform. Two are closer to the house. One is much further away. Bascially in the middle of the yard. That one is about...
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-08-2010, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 11,059
Musa Sikkimensis Gigantea
I received an email from Europalms the other day and this was on the list of new seeds. Has anyone heard of it, or is it 'Daj Giant' by another name? The email also said it had large seeds.
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Forum: Species Bananas
11-07-2010, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,089
Re: Ensete Lasiocarpa
Hi,
Musa lasiocarpa Franch.
in Journal de Botanique 3: 329 (1889). — Type: Franchet (1889), Journal de Botanique 3: fig 1 (lecto-, designated by Häkkinen & Väre 2008).
Ensete lasiocarpum...
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Forum: Banana Identification
11-06-2010, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,008
Re: Williams Hybrid?
O.k. I went on the roof of the greenhouse for close up pictures. The flower is not very big. Any ideas now? Thank...
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