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Old 07-24-2011, 05:50 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Dwarf Orinoco not so "dwarf" any more?

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Originally Posted by saltydad View Post


,please.
Ya want pics, eh? Easier said than done!
There's no good vantage point to take decent pics from.

Here's an angled downward shot from out the office window; yellow line [lower left] is the top of a parent. Red line [center] is top of one of the pups-gone-crazy.
There's over 2' of difference in elevation AGL between them.



I'll try to charge up the camera with the big wide angle lens; maybe take a machete to some of the old leaves & get a shot from the end that's horizontal to ground level.
The shade fabric is too well attached to lift, but *maybe* I can stick a big light inside & shoot through the mesh tonight.

I left a couple of the old plants standing from this spring after harvesting the bananas, maybe that's what made the pups go crazy. Either that or the fertilizer I dumped on them this spring kicked them into high gear.
Or maybe it was the over-spray from some growth hormone I was using to turn some dwarf citrus trees into regular size trees...

OK, here's a pic from an end of the enclosure, after whacking a few leaves down & removing some other vegetation.
Red oval is where a bunch of 'nanners was removed this spring. The old plant has all sorts of room overhead, a couple of youngsters are pushing out the sunshade fabric.

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Last edited by Bob3 : 07-24-2011 at 07:44 PM. Reason: added another pic.
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