What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) - Page 77

Jonifg · 06-02-2018, 08:56 PM

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meizzwang · 06-12-2018, 02:57 PM

The real deal Musa Ice Cream aka Blue Java! This is the third bunch forming on my Mat, I still haven't had the opportunity to taste this variety. Hopefully the first bunch, which is 10 months old, will mature very soon! Photos taken 6/11/18:

Akula · 06-12-2018, 03:30 PM

Congratulations! Great photos!

Hamakua · 06-12-2018, 04:07 PM

Mine looks about like yours does now. 2 leaves and a flower

meizzwang · 06-19-2018, 03:46 PM

update on the Musa Aeae bunch that flowered in February 2018-it survived!!!! This was very unexpected, the fingers got burnt on the "sunny side" (not very visible in the pic) but it was just on the exterior...I thought they were gonners! To recap, we had an abnormal heat wave here in the San Francisco Bay Area in February 2018, which forced this plant to bloom. Afterwards, we had 2+ months of cold, rainy weather (lows in the 30's,40's, highs in the 50's) with a few warm days sprinkled in. No idea how this thing survived: the cold weather "burnt" most of the leaves away, and now there are 3 stubs with barely any solar panel action left! However, somehow, the fingers keep filling in and it looks like they will eventually reach maturity!

Photo taken 6/18/18

And this pic below is a little late for the show, but FHIA-1 American Goldfinger bunch forming. I have 6 bunches of american goldfinger developing right now on 2 Mats, but the leaves on many of these p-stems are pretty shot from the cold. This variant seem less cold hardy than dwarf brazilian and raja puri, but it could be that the shorter varieties don't get as damaged since the wall they are planted next to protect them better. The tallest pstem of FHIA-1 American Goldfinger seems to be about 16' high, so many of its "limbs" are taller than the wall and therefore exposed to zero winter protection:

Another American goldfinger FHIA-1 bunch, this one bloomed mid October of 2017 and is probably a month away from maturity (hopefully!). The leaves on this p-stem are mostly brown from the cold, but there's probably enough left to finish the job:

meizzwang · 07-05-2018, 06:08 PM

Musa Pisang Ceylon fruiting here outdoors in Northern California! The inflorescence was wedged between the stair rails, so it was hard to get a photo right when it bloomed. As the p-stem bent a little bit a week or two later, I was finally able to snap some pics. Photos taken 7/2/18:

male flowers:

the p-stems on this plant lean a lot, much like musa Ice Cream. It seems like they might fall over if it's too windy! They definitely need propping, although I have the plants growing wedged between the wall of a house and a cement retaining wall, which seems to form a "cage" around the plant and keeps it from falling over:

beam2050 · 07-05-2018, 07:52 PM

looks great. I can id the third pic. tortillas. right?

Sarah Brubacker · 07-17-2018, 05:29 AM

Here is a photo of a dwarf Cavendish that is blooming, its got 300 bananas on! A little smaller fingers than some others I had but was pleased at the size bunch.

Banana Gallery - Dwarf Cavendish

beam2050 · 07-17-2018, 07:53 AM

robguz24 · 07-17-2018, 03:44 PM

A mystery banana given to me from a farm on the opposite side of the island. Was suspected originally to be KM5, but who knows what it is.

meizzwang · 07-17-2018, 04:22 PM

Rob-do you suspect that it's Yangambi KM-5? (ie. is that the same thing as KM5?)

venturabananas · 07-17-2018, 06:47 PM

Hard to tell what the plant looks like overall from that photo, but it doesn't look like Yangambi KM5 to me. KM5 is very vertical in growth form (no drooping leaves) and when the bud emerges it initially grows completely horizontal (i.e., perpendicular to the p-stem).

meizzwang · 07-18-2018, 12:25 PM

A new rajapuri bloom, photos taken 7/18/18:

New rajapuri inflorescence to the left, and an older bunch of Rajapuri to the right that bloomed Feb. 2018. Looks like the older bunch might be ready in a month or so, which would be record timing up here LOL yeah, 7 months is fast for us! I have a blue java that bloomed Aug. 11th, 2017 and it's still not ready (a little over 11 months now!)

robguz24 · 07-18-2018, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meizzwang

Rob-do you suspect that it's Yangambi KM-5? (ie. is that the same thing as KM5?)

No. The person who brought the keiki to me thought it might be, but then realized it probably wasn't. The original owner didn't know what it was. Another Goldfinger off-type?

Iowa · 07-26-2018, 08:01 AM

I won't have to put this one in the basement this fall. Some day I'll get a bloom before the last week of July.

beam2050 · 07-26-2018, 08:17 AM

AWRIGHT! so what it be?

Iowa · 07-26-2018, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beam2050

AWRIGHT! so what it be?

Musa 'Orinoco'.

robguz24 · 08-17-2018, 07:36 PM

FHIA-03 Sweetheart makes a massive inflorescence!

Iowa · 08-24-2018, 09:14 AM

Then there where 3, Three large Orinoco's I won't have to haul to the basement this fall.

Iowa · 08-28-2018, 11:04 PM

Now we have 4 Orinoco bloom's in a row.

06-02-2018, 08:56 PM	#1521 (permalink)
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06-12-2018, 02:57 PM	#1522 (permalink)
meizzwang Zone: 9b Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 235 BananaBucks : 74,435 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 647 Times Was Thanked 1,032 Times in 218 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) The real deal Musa Ice Cream aka Blue Java! This is the third bunch forming on my Mat, I still haven't had the opportunity to taste this variety. Hopefully the first bunch, which is 10 months old, will mature very soon! Photos taken 6/11/18:

06-12-2018, 03:30 PM	#1523 (permalink)
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06-19-2018, 03:46 PM	#1525 (permalink)
meizzwang Zone: 9b Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 235 BananaBucks : 74,435 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 647 Times Was Thanked 1,032 Times in 218 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) update on the Musa Aeae bunch that flowered in February 2018-it survived!!!! This was very unexpected, the fingers got burnt on the "sunny side" (not very visible in the pic) but it was just on the exterior...I thought they were gonners! To recap, we had an abnormal heat wave here in the San Francisco Bay Area in February 2018, which forced this plant to bloom. Afterwards, we had 2+ months of cold, rainy weather (lows in the 30's,40's, highs in the 50's) with a few warm days sprinkled in. No idea how this thing survived: the cold weather "burnt" most of the leaves away, and now there are 3 stubs with barely any solar panel action left! However, somehow, the fingers keep filling in and it looks like they will eventually reach maturity! Photo taken 6/18/18 And this pic below is a little late for the show, but FHIA-1 American Goldfinger bunch forming. I have 6 bunches of american goldfinger developing right now on 2 Mats, but the leaves on many of these p-stems are pretty shot from the cold. This variant seem less cold hardy than dwarf brazilian and raja puri, but it could be that the shorter varieties don't get as damaged since the wall they are planted next to protect them better. The tallest pstem of FHIA-1 American Goldfinger seems to be about 16' high, so many of its "limbs" are taller than the wall and therefore exposed to zero winter protection: Another American goldfinger FHIA-1 bunch, this one bloomed mid October of 2017 and is probably a month away from maturity (hopefully!). The leaves on this p-stem are mostly brown from the cold, but there's probably enough left to finish the job: Last edited by meizzwang : 06-19-2018 at 03:48 PM.

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07-05-2018, 06:08 PM	#1526 (permalink)
meizzwang Zone: 9b Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 235 BananaBucks : 74,435 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 647 Times Was Thanked 1,032 Times in 218 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Musa Pisang Ceylon fruiting here outdoors in Northern California! The inflorescence was wedged between the stair rails, so it was hard to get a photo right when it bloomed. As the p-stem bent a little bit a week or two later, I was finally able to snap some pics. Photos taken 7/2/18: male flowers: the p-stems on this plant lean a lot, much like musa Ice Cream. It seems like they might fall over if it's too windy! They definitely need propping, although I have the plants growing wedged between the wall of a house and a cement retaining wall, which seems to form a "cage" around the plant and keeps it from falling over:

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07-17-2018, 05:29 AM	#1528 (permalink)
Sarah Brubacker Location: Wentworth MO Find me on the map! Zone: 6b Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 184 BananaBucks : 24,295 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 63 Times Was Thanked 413 Times in 104 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 389 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Here is a photo of a dwarf Cavendish that is blooming, its got 300 bananas on! A little smaller fingers than some others I had but was pleased at the size bunch. Banana Gallery - Dwarf Cavendish Last edited by Sarah Brubacker : 07-17-2018 at 12:40 PM.

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robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 270,415 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) A mystery banana given to me from a farm on the opposite side of the island. Was suspected originally to be KM5, but who knows what it is. __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

07-17-2018, 04:22 PM	#1531 (permalink)
meizzwang Zone: 9b Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 235 BananaBucks : 74,435 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 647 Times Was Thanked 1,032 Times in 218 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Rob-do you suspect that it's Yangambi KM-5? (ie. is that the same thing as KM5?)

07-17-2018, 06:47 PM	#1532 (permalink)
venturabananas venturabananas's Photo Gallery Location: Ventura, CA Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Mark Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,845 BananaBucks : 246,848 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,752 Times Was Thanked 3,969 Times in 1,713 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 39 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Hard to tell what the plant looks like overall from that photo, but it doesn't look like Yangambi KM5 to me. KM5 is very vertical in growth form (no drooping leaves) and when the bud emerges it initially grows completely horizontal (i.e., perpendicular to the p-stem). __________________

07-18-2018, 12:25 PM	#1533 (permalink)
meizzwang Zone: 9b Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 235 BananaBucks : 74,435 Feedback: 4 / 100% Said "Thanks" 647 Times Was Thanked 1,032 Times in 218 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) A new rajapuri bloom, photos taken 7/18/18: New rajapuri inflorescence to the left, and an older bunch of Rajapuri to the right that bloomed Feb. 2018. Looks like the older bunch might be ready in a month or so, which would be record timing up here LOL yeah, 7 months is fast for us! I have a blue java that bloomed Aug. 11th, 2017 and it's still not ready (a little over 11 months now!)

07-26-2018, 08:01 AM	#1535 (permalink)
Iowa Location: Burlington,Iowa Find me on the map! Zone: 5 Name: Mike Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 706 BananaBucks : 46,162 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 572 Times Was Thanked 1,022 Times in 384 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 601 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) I won't have to put this one in the basement this fall. Some day I'll get a bloom before the last week of July. __________________ Growing Musa Orinoco since 1993 - Added 2018-Basjoo, Zebrina' Rojo, Ensete Red Abyssinian - Added 2019-Goldfinger - Added 2020-Kokopo (Short Cycle), Double (Mahoi), Highgate, Super Dwarf Cavendish - Added 2021-Pisang Ceylon(Mysore), Musa Margarita, Ensete Ventricosum - Added 2023 - Siam Ruby

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beam2050 banana cereal killer Location: middleburg fl. Find me on the map! Zone: 9b-8a Name: walkinbeam Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 2,432 BananaBucks : 1,308 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 10,742 Times Was Thanked 3,360 Times in 1,543 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 816 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) AWRIGHT! so what it be? __________________ ................................................... npk of wood ash 0/1/3 to 0/3/7 npk of banana leaf ash 1.75/0.75/0.5

08-17-2018, 07:36 PM	#1538 (permalink)
robguz24 Rob Location: Kalapana, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 11 Name: Rob Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,506 BananaBucks : 270,415 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,320 Times Was Thanked 4,961 Times in 1,080 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) FHIA-03 Sweetheart makes a massive inflorescence! __________________ My micro-farm Stay on my Big Island banana farm cottage

08-24-2018, 09:14 AM	#1539 (permalink)
Iowa Location: Burlington,Iowa Find me on the map! Zone: 5 Name: Mike Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 706 BananaBucks : 46,162 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 572 Times Was Thanked 1,022 Times in 384 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 601 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Then there where 3, Three large Orinoco's I won't have to haul to the basement this fall. __________________ Growing Musa Orinoco since 1993 - Added 2018-Basjoo, Zebrina' Rojo, Ensete Red Abyssinian - Added 2019-Goldfinger - Added 2020-Kokopo (Short Cycle), Double (Mahoi), Highgate, Super Dwarf Cavendish - Added 2021-Pisang Ceylon(Mysore), Musa Margarita, Ensete Ventricosum - Added 2023 - Siam Ruby Last edited by Iowa : 08-24-2018 at 09:49 AM.

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Iowa Location: Burlington,Iowa Find me on the map! Zone: 5 Name: Mike Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 706 BananaBucks : 46,162 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 572 Times Was Thanked 1,022 Times in 384 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 601 Times	Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) Now we have 4 Orinoco bloom's in a row. __________________ Growing Musa Orinoco since 1993 - Added 2018-Basjoo, Zebrina' Rojo, Ensete Red Abyssinian - Added 2019-Goldfinger - Added 2020-Kokopo (Short Cycle), Double (Mahoi), Highgate, Super Dwarf Cavendish - Added 2021-Pisang Ceylon(Mysore), Musa Margarita, Ensete Ventricosum - Added 2023 - Siam Ruby

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