Red Kru blooming
 

The flag leaf is behind the green leaf you see here:


Here you can see the flag leaf emerging:


I'll update the thread with the progress :)

Re: Red Kru blooming
 

Kru in the wiki:
http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Kru

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Awesome, Jarred!

How tall is the plant?

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Probably about eight or nine feet of pseudostem, maybe 12'-13' overall.
I'll post an overall picture of the whole plant so you can see.

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Very cool! It looks like a single plane plant. Are they all that way?

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This is one of the ugliest bananas I'm growing!

It's a slow twist. It's not on a single plane like Strelitzia but in photos it looks that way.

I say it's one of the ugliest because the leaves quickly brown at the edges and get real tattered. The pseudostem can't be cleaned up really well, there's always an abundance of fiberous brown dead matter no matter how much you try and peel off it comes right back, so I leave it alone. And the colors aren't really anything to write home about.

The bud is emerging today. Between this rain I'll try and snap some new photos.

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Re: Red Kru blooming
 

My Re Iholene is similar - leaves get gold and tattered pretty quick and the pseudo stems are always shaggy.

Terry

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Sounds to me like you guys are not quite the surgeon of pseudo stems that I am! I go after mine with a single edge razor blade and get all that brown stuff off! :2727:

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good job!

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Today's pictures

















What a pretty bloom!

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Beautiful!!!

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Really impressive and looking very different from the regular types.

Cassie

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I love pics of plants after it rains. Thanks

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Here's a pic from a few days ago, good overall shot of the plant in daylight:


And today's pics:

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Got a new bunch, enjoy the pics (taken today):















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Congratulations - awesome pics and fruit. Is the pink colour confined to the skin or are the ends of the fruit slightly coloured too?

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The fruits are silghtly golden yellow:



This one had split open while still hanging from the plant, it's from the empty peel you see if you look close at the pics above.

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Nice!,did you taste it yet?.whats the flavor like?

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I really like the looks of this banana- really nice looking fruits congrats

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Yes, I tasted the last bunch I had a few months ago. They are fruity and delicious! One of my favorites. The bunch bloom to ripening time is very fast, too. The colors are awesome. So many reasons why I like it, but yes, the flavor is way superior to store bought bananas. They are very fruity aromatic and sweet.