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Originally Posted by harveyc
Is it common for both female and male flowers to appear on the same hand?
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This is very common but its occurrence varies by variety. Not that it really matters since for the hobbyist banana flowers are non-functional, but the basal flowers are usually female or bisexual, but before it completely switches to the distal male flowers, you will often see a slow transition with intermediate forms of both flowers occurring within hands and between hands as well, these transitional flowers may not form into fruit but will remain persistent while the male flowers fall off. This is not a consistent trait though as there are many different flower arrangements and forms within Musa.