bigdog

Most wild-type bananas DO require pollination from another flower in a later stage of bloom to form fruit, but as luck would have it, the kind you have has hermaphroditic flowers and will form fruit on its own. As Kyle said though, they are anything but edible, LOL! If you allow the bananas to ripen on the plant, you can then harvest the seeds and start over. The kind you have will not form any pups as a general rule. It will take several months for the fruits to ripen, and in the meantime the plant will start to decline and look pretty rough. For this reason, most homeowners cut them down at that point. That is an amazing corm on that plant! Thanks for the pics, and welcome to the board.