Saturday, August 21, 2021

Banana Flowers

19 Aug 2021
Two.flowers appeared the same day. One is further to the left. One is front is more visible.

Two new inflorescences appeared to.my great delight. Not very visible; hidden with the leaves.

24 August 2021 Flowers started to bend after 5 days.
27 August 2021 flower started opening its layers. Young banana visible now. Two hands seen.
28 August 2021
5 hands appeared
30 August 2021
8 hands visible. Perhaps all banana fruits out now.
31 August 2021
9 hands appeared. Perhaps that's the last one. Now will see how they grow each day.
4 Sep 2021
9 hands ready to become banana fruit. They move upwards. The rest of petals do not grow and they fall down.
14 Sep 2021
Now major change is elongated flower and increase size of fruits.

6 Nov 2021 
Almost 3 months now, the banana is almost matured. The other bunch is not visible as nee shoots overgrown.

21 Dec 2021
The flowers are now ready for harvest. Some bananas have ripened.
From tomo they will go to our kitchen.