I Think I Scored a Coup - Page 2

Dreaminofthetropics · 05-13-2011, 08:26 PM

Very very interesting thread! I love seeing the progress! I just transplanted about 30-40 corms and was wondering how long before growth started now I know I probably better learn to be patient LOL It's been almost a week now :-)

Olafhenny · 05-15-2011, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreaminofthetropics

Very very interesting thread! I love seeing the progress! I just transplanted about 30-40 corms and was wondering how long before growth started now I know I probably better learn to be patient LOL It's been almost a week now :-)

This is the kind of response I find very encouraging. To me equally important to achieving beautiful plants and
plantings is the experimentation with (to me at least) new approaches and to report on the failures as well as the little
triumphs. Only by evaluating all, can we expect to learn, and even to break new ground. And breaking new ground is
basically something we all want to do, by “moving the “Tropics further north”.

I have with almost all the threads, which I started, tried to report more on the procedure, than on the results.

So, to bring you up to date as far as my M. Ornata is concerned, here are a couple of pictures. Showing them as they are today:

This photo shows, that the primary pup of the mother is doing quite well, but the second one, visible near the upper left
corner of the pot, has not progressed at all for a couple of weeks

This is the pup which I had separated in Vietnam already. After long dormancy it regenerated itself, and not
through a pup as did mama.

Here are the two siblings side by side. The smaller one is the older one and was, before separated from its mother, quite
a bit larger than either one is now . I hope that they will become the progenitors of a whole slew of M. Ornatas

I have other similar threads, which record the process and to which I will add more shortly:
My quest for ginger

And:
My Banana Experience (or lack of it)

Dreaminofthetropics · 05-15-2011, 05:12 PM

They look wonderful! I had two unnamed varieties until about a week ago when a very gracious member off of the board gave me 15 varieties and over 40 corms! So now I am blessed with bananas

Now to patiently wait for the growth. I didn't really put much about my technique on my thread (Banana Progress) but I'm hoping to keep everything updated :-)

Olafhenny · 05-15-2011, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreaminofthetropics

They look wonderful! I had two unnamed varieties until about a week ago when a very gracious member off of the board gave me 15 varieties and over 40 corms! So now I am blessed with bananas

Now to patiently wait for the growth. I didn't really put much about my technique on my thread (Banana Progress) but I'm hoping to keep everything updated :-)

Hi Kat, I am looking forward to reading of your experiences. I do not know if you are into Cannas, but if so, you might
find my newest experiment interesting here:
Canna Lovers Unite!
Best,
Olaf

Romul · 05-06-2014, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Olafhenny

Toward the latter part of our trip we ended up in a park, which surrounded a gorgeous waterfall/river landscape about
1hr drive from Nha Trang and with no other town nearby.
This is where I saw this banana plant:

The top of this flower is barely 4’off the ground. You
can also see some fruit developing

In order to have proof of that I asked my wife on the way back to stand beside it to give a scale to the plant:

She appears not too happy with this subordinate role to a banana plant

Obviously she is much happier in a rock crevice below a waterfall

Turning around I noticed a couple more of these dwarf bananas, just to proof that the first one was not
an exceptional case of stunted growth

Stay tuned more to come!

Olafhenny, now this is a banana.

Romul · 05-06-2014, 01:38 PM

Had to work language. Not bad taste - sweet with a slight tartness. I hope that the next picture will be sprouting.

05-13-2011, 08:26 PM	#21 (permalink)
Dreaminofthetropics Dreaminofthetropics's Photo Gallery Location: Bronson, FL Zone: 8-9 Name: Kat Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 424 BananaBucks : 132,811 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 422 Times Was Thanked 549 Times in 173 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 29 Times	Re: I Think I Scored a Coup Very very interesting thread! I love seeing the progress! I just transplanted about 30-40 corms and was wondering how long before growth started now I know I probably better learn to be patient LOL It's been almost a week now :-)

05-15-2011, 05:12 PM	#23 (permalink)
Dreaminofthetropics Dreaminofthetropics's Photo Gallery Location: Bronson, FL Zone: 8-9 Name: Kat Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 424 BananaBucks : 132,811 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 422 Times Was Thanked 549 Times in 173 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 29 Times	Re: I Think I Scored a Coup They look wonderful! I had two unnamed varieties until about a week ago when a very gracious member off of the board gave me 15 varieties and over 40 corms! So now I am blessed with bananas Now to patiently wait for the growth. I didn't really put much about my technique on my thread (Banana Progress) but I'm hoping to keep everything updated :-)

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Romul Location: Russia, Moscow Name: Romul Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 64 BananaBucks : 8,483 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 17 Times Was Thanked 35 Times in 28 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 100 Times	Re: I Think I Scored a Coup Had to work language. Not bad taste - sweet with a slight tartness. I hope that the next picture will be sprouting.

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