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Post by Auricula on Sept 2, 2009 22:59:49 GMT
Ooh! how exciting - a possible baby in the offing  |
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Post by andy on Sept 3, 2009 7:01:30 GMT
Well, summer is nearing an end and my bananas have been superb this year. I only have a few musa basjoo left....two in the ground, which were the original massive ones and 3 in pots. This summer has been warm and humid and very still and as a result, the nanas have really looked good. So here's a few pics for you This is one in a tub outside the conservatory door and is probably the nicest of the lot  another one on the patio in a tub  and here's the ones in the ground down the garden.   |
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 3, 2009 7:57:56 GMT
Gosh they do look fab. I remember you posting a pic last year of what can only be described as a shredded Musa.
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Post by Auricula on Sept 4, 2009 12:58:26 GMT
Wow Andy, aren't they gorgeous - I can't seem to keep them long enough for them to get really established  |
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Post by Auricula on Sept 5, 2009 11:06:26 GMT
Just checked my strelitzia Regina and the roots are well out of the pot!!  Should I repot it, or do they like being rootbound ( or in this case strangled?? ) |
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Post by Tig on Sept 5, 2009 11:58:33 GMT
I had to cut mine out of the pot to move it on the first time Auricula. It was a right job as well! The next time I decided to be brutal and I snapped all the bits of roots coming out of the bottom off, yanked it out and moved it into the next size pot. It survived ;D I only transplant it into a slightly larger pot each time, I think I read they do like to be a bit pot bound, and exposed surface roots can encourage flowering (that is what I read anyway  ) At the moment mine is pushing itself out of its pot upward, bringing the compost with it!! Looks like a Yorkshire Pudding  x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Sept 5, 2009 18:31:08 GMT
Thanks, I'll repot it tomorrow |
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Post by Tig on Sept 6, 2009 23:22:49 GMT
Wow Andy, just noticed all your nana's! They have done well this year, wish mine had survived the winter  The ricinus look to have done well for you too, will you get any seed off them? ;D Here is my Strelitzia with what looks like a 'flower' stem (I hope so!!)  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 7, 2009 6:55:24 GMT
Well done Tig - it looks like a flower bud to me as well....it was worth the wait.
Looking forward to seeing the pics...
RF
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 7, 2009 7:54:52 GMT
Thumbs up Tig, I agree with RF it must be a flower bud.
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Post by Auricula on Sept 10, 2009 23:01:18 GMT
Any news on the bud, Tig?
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Post by Tig on Sept 11, 2009 7:51:42 GMT
It definitely is a bud! I have read they can take months to open though - could be a bit of a wait for a photo opportunity! x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Sept 11, 2009 16:25:52 GMT
Months!!! |
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Post by Tig on Sept 25, 2009 23:00:31 GMT
It's OK Auricula .. seems to be developing apace .. only I can see a slight problem with regard to headroom   x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Sept 26, 2009 9:34:37 GMT
You can't risk damaging the bud.......cut a hole in the ceiling!!!  |
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Post by Tig on Oct 1, 2009 22:44:45 GMT
At teatime this evening the bud looked like a birds head with an eye .. then around 10:15pm it suddenly 'popped' open ;D I see a photo opportunity coming soon, watch this space  x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 2, 2009 7:37:37 GMT
How exciting ;D
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Post by andy on Oct 2, 2009 7:55:59 GMT
Can't wait to see the pics Tig.....they are, in my humble opinion, THE most spectacular flowers on this planet.
Some exotic news from chez Andy.....Pink Brugmansia is in full bloom and absolutely loaded with flowers....i'll get some pics but won't be able to put em up yet as my puter is poorly and i'm having to use my daughters lappy.
Also, my night jasmine (cestrum nocturnum) is about to burst into flower with gusto....it's absolutely loaded with flowers and the scent from this is incredible. Again, pics to follow.
The musas in the garden are still looking superb and pommegranite is in full flower. I binned the Ricinus but had a wonderful display from them this summer....definately something for next year. Hedechyum greenii (red) has just finnished flowering but the yellow Hedechyum gardenerianum which is highly scented is just about to flower.
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Post by Tig on Oct 2, 2009 11:20:54 GMT
Get those photos posted Andy, thump the PC if you have to I will post yesterdays snaps of Emu (made me smile .. kept thinking of Parky ;D) Teatime  10:15pm ish (you're avin a larff  )  It has opened a bit more this morning .. but is still not fully emerged. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 2, 2009 11:28:40 GMT
Fantastic Tig - give yourself a pat on the back.....well done.
It really is a beauty isn't it. How long do the flowers last for??
RF
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Post by Auricula on Oct 2, 2009 17:05:07 GMT
Emu has the same coloured hair as you Tig |
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Post by Tig on Oct 2, 2009 18:32:57 GMT
That is a good question RF (ignoring the person who thinks I have 'orange' hair :  It is like wax, so I think it will last a fair while. Andy might know from his 'glass-house' experience It's 'ears' are sticking up and now and it is just touching the ceiling. It might have to sit on the floor whilst in flower. x Tig |
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Post by andy on Oct 2, 2009 18:41:08 GMT
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Post by Tig on Oct 6, 2009 18:17:49 GMT
Thanks Andy - more down to the plant than me I reckon  I've been waiting for it to fully emerge and I think it is almost there now .. it is rather spectacular  I will take another photo if it merits one  x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 6, 2009 22:42:03 GMT
Looks just like his Mum |
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 7, 2009 13:21:08 GMT
Marvellous Tig - it really was worth the long wait.....
RF
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Post by Tig on Oct 18, 2009 14:13:07 GMT
It is like a magic box, the 'beak' keeps producing more and more flowers (four so far and looks like others yet to come!)  The shape of the blue/purple bit is amazing - like a jet plane  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 18, 2009 14:48:22 GMT
That is a dream Tig....I am wildly envious!!
RF
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 19, 2009 8:02:57 GMT
 Wow Tig, respect. Absolutely wonderful very well done.
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Nov 4, 2009 21:42:27 GMT
OMG.....Tig medear....that is ASTONISHING....I will bring mine in from the GH and put it in the conservatory....you never know...all I can see developing atm is another leaf... |
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