Originally Posted by meizzwang

Sonnycrockett: after the female flowers bloom out, check the male flowers (don't cut off the male bud): if they're persistent (don't fall off the rachis), there's a good chance it's rajapuri.

Also, keep us posted on how the bunch develops, if at all. I'm interested to see if you can get fruit to fully mature if all the leaves have died off the fruiting P-stem.

Apparently, the side pups will "feed" the developing bunch (be sure to keep developing side pups happy), but it seems most of the reports I've read about are from bunches that are already somewhat developed (ie. they flowered months before, leaves all got fried during the winter, next spring comes around, and the bunches mature). Anyone have experience with flowering a P-stem with no leaves and then getting all the fruit to reach maturity?