Monthly Archives: November 2006
Young red leaves
Note for banana development updates: I’m posting daily images with notes at Flickr. You can get there by clicking at the link under the Flickr images in the right hand column of this page. One of the first phenomena I … Continue reading
More on banana development
I promise not to turn this blog into a banana blog, but the rapid development of this flower continues to astonish me. On day 4, the outermost “leaf” (which I’ve learned is actually a bract) fell to the ground revealing … Continue reading
First banana flower
The first thing I saw out the kitchen window after getting back to Panama was the first flower on any of our banana trees. It was Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Two days later the flower had already changed. … Continue reading
Senna beans
Remember those curved Senna pistils that are destined to become beans? Here are the young beans, starting to grow on the Senna tree that flowered first this season. [I’ve been in the U.S. for the past three weeks. I’d intended … Continue reading
