Category Archives: Musaceae
Wind Damage
The winds earlier this month caused more damage than a downed Miconia tree, and the damage was more extensive than I realized until I compared the most severely injured area with an earlier photograph. Here are the before (November 2008) … Continue reading
Banana harvest
This banana flower first appeared on Thanksgiving Day (US) in 2006 A week later, several bananas had already developed. In two week’s time, the bananas were pointing skyward, and I was sure we’d be eating bananas by Christmas. In the … Continue reading
Bananas, plantains; pollination, parthenocarpy
How do you tell the difference between a plantain and a banana? It’s pretty straightforward when you walk into a fruit and vegetable stand and see large, green plantains next to smaller, yellow bananas. Plantains are starchy and are cooked … 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
