Is my Rajapuri banana plant flowering? Pictures attached
 

My Rajapuri banana plant is 3 years old. It has not produced fruits. Noticed smaller size leaves on it. Is it the flag leaf? Does it looks like it is going to flower?

photos in this link : Rajapuri banana plant 1 - Album on Imgur

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Welcome to the banana nut club... I would say it looks good for you there.

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Hard to tell if it's torn/miss-shaped leaves or a pre-flag. Plant looks like it could be close to a flower. You will know for sure in a few days. Keep us updated.

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I thought the same thing, but in pic 4 you can see the last leaf was much shorter than the others, so it looks good.

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Haha I didn't think to scroll down and look for other pics. I agree looks like a flower maybe coming.

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You will know in about four days you should be able to feel the top cone of the bloom

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Maybe longer... It seems like the flower takes forever to come out and bloom, then it pops out a hand or two a day for a few days, then the real wait is on for them to ripen... 5 months for my Brazilians. I have read of some waiting almost a year for bananas to ripen. A lot of patience is needed.

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Sure. Will keep you guys updated.

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My husband checked today. he said that it feels like a leaf. Will check after a few days day. Will keep you updated.

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Hope the winter is not severe this year.

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Where are you located? Put it in your profile so people don't keep asking.

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I have added details to my profile. I live in Tomball,TX.

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Awesome!! Your just up the road from me. I'm over on lake Toledo Bend near Hemphill.

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That is awesome!

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Hello everyone. ........Thank you.Looks like my plant is flowering. Here is the picture. I hope it fruits before the winter sets in. I will continue to update.

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Yep, no doubt about it, that's a flower.

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Congratulations!!

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Yeah. Congrats.

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Picture of Rajapuri banana plant flowering taken on September 6th ..:woohoonaner:

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Picture of Rajapuri banana plant taken on September 7th

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congrats!

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8 September 2016

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Picture of Rajapuri banana plant on 13 September 2016.

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Picture taken on 20 September 2016. Looks like the flower is drying :( Any suggestions?

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It is transitioning from female flowers (fruit) to male flowers, no more fruit will be produced. Normally for hobby growers cutting off the male bud doesn't have a dramatic effect, but in this case since it is late in the season and you are not in the tropics, you might consider cutting off the bud to direct more energy to the fruit to encourage them to get as large as possible before cold weather. It looks like the fruit will not also be getting very large anyway, as the plant is rather small, so don't expect anything like a "full size" banana.

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Was hoping to get a few dozen bananas. Looks like it is not going to happen. Will keep you guys updated.

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Picture of Rajapuri banana plant flower taken on 2 October 2016. The growth looks stunt.

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Picture of Rajapuri banana plant taken on 2 October 2016. Removed the bud.