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Olafhenny · 03-16-2011, 10:27 PM

When I finally unwrapped the two corms four days after packing them, I was surprised to see, that some growth
had taken place in my suitcase. I had sliced mother and pup straight across and now some leaf bases had pushed
up from the centre. Prior of taking these pictures I had separated the pup from the mother

You can see the leaf bases protruding from the mother corm.
Some of the 7 nodes for new pups are also showing

The new growth of the pup is even further advanced

Though there are no new nodes for pups visible yet

And this is, what they looked like potted

Now about <4 days in the pots, the same amount of time they spent in my suitcase, there is absolutely no
further progress in the mama banana and in the bambina banana it is limited to another leaf base pushing
out from the centre of the first one by about 5mm (¼“). That is a whole lot less than the progress in the
suitcase.

I ascribe that to the temperature. The corms were packed at tropical temperatures in the centre of the
suitcase, surrounded by insulation (my dirty laundry

) at tropical temperatures, which were well
preserved during all but the last few hours of transit.

Accordingly I removed them tonight from the window sill, which was surprisingly cool and placed them
on my electric throw (without any leaves to catch it, the light on the window sill won't do any good
anyhow). I hope, that we will see more progress during the next 4 days

03-16-2011, 10:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 297,528 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Unwrapping and planting When I finally unwrapped the two corms four days after packing them, I was surprised to see, that some growth had taken place in my suitcase. I had sliced mother and pup straight across and now some leaf bases had pushed up from the centre. Prior of taking these pictures I had separated the pup from the mother You can see the leaf bases protruding from the mother corm. Some of the 7 nodes for new pups are also showing The new growth of the pup is even further advanced Though there are no new nodes for pups visible yet And this is, what they looked like potted Now about <4 days in the pots, the same amount of time they spent in my suitcase, there is absolutely no further progress in the mama banana and in the bambina banana it is limited to another leaf base pushing out from the centre of the first one by about 5mm (¼“). That is a whole lot less than the progress in the suitcase. I ascribe that to the temperature. The corms were packed at tropical temperatures in the centre of the suitcase, surrounded by insulation (my dirty laundry ) at tropical temperatures, which were well preserved during all but the last few hours of transit. Accordingly I removed them tonight from the window sill, which was surprisingly cool and placed them on my electric throw (without any leaves to catch it, the light on the window sill won't do any good anyhow). I hope, that we will see more progress during the next 4 days __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.