I haven't posted in a while because I been busy with other things due to the storm last fall. Anyway things has slowed down some and I was catching up on work around my house and yard (Saturday 5/18).
I was mowing when I came up to my small nana patch and saw little red things on the ground. Looking up I saw this on the Orinoco nanas.
Then to the right of it there was another with very small fingers (sorry I can't find that picture). It was already making male fingers.
This past week 3 bunch popped and now opening. (2nd from left). All 3 bunches shown.
The bunch with the very small fingers are dying (far right, in the dark). The the weather turned hot and dry suddenly. I believe lack of water is the cause of the small fingers and the one bunch to die. That bunch I believe opened at the end of April.
Yesterday while watering the Nanas, there was a 4th bunch that popped this week.
This morning while watering & looking at the patch, I believe there are 2 flag leaves on my Dwarf Orinocos. This will be the first time they have produced.
I have been watering 2 Xs a day for 10 days now and watering is taking too much of my time for now. I've setup a sprinkler for now and will put in a drip/spray line later. The plants are looking much better and not wilting. So I hope the bunches and nana fingers will fill & fatten out.
The Orinocos didn't die back this past winter and put out new leaves after each freeze. So I expect a few more of these plants to flower.