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Unfurling Banana Leaf


Unfurling Banana Leaf

New leaf unfurling, I've the new pot to post for suggestions for filling it in. I love the uniform nature of this exotic (to us in Alaska) beauty.



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Its dark green with some purple variegation, the flash washed out the green on its smooth surface. I liked how it enhanced the veining of the leaf. Without the flash my lamp turns it a flat orangy. :-)

Thanks Marguerite :-)

26 Nov, 2008

 

brilliant shot

26 Nov, 2008

 

Fantastic Photo :)

26 Nov, 2008

 

Great photo Greenthumb....

26 Nov, 2008

 

Well captured

26 Nov, 2008

 

Oh, thank you. :-) I'm really enjoying watching this one grow up. :-)

27 Nov, 2008

 

Lovely GT. Great photo

30 Nov, 2008

 

Beautiful. It's exotic to us too. Difficult to grasp that you are growing it where you live.

30 Nov, 2008

 

lol, My little indoor paradise! :-)

3 Dec, 2008

 

Wow! a banana in Fairbanks....lol... i love it!!! what a terrific effect! great pic, GT!

4 Dec, 2008

 

Thanks Lori, I'm hoping everything holds out, my balast was out this morning, so no light! AHHHHH!

9 Dec, 2008

 

OH MY GOOONNESS! making a quick trip to town are we?

9 Dec, 2008

 

Balast is the transformer that powers my light. It was a burnt fuze, so all fixed. I was afraid everything would get a forced winter. I had to get through work and throw in a greenhouse visit to get it fixed. So glad it was nothing major!
I was thinking six or seven feet, but then I saw a banana fruiting on delonix page and thought, oh my, it was very large. Flcrazy had one flower at about six feet, I can't let it go beyond that......maybe :-)

10 Dec, 2008

 

They die after fruiting...sad. :-(

11 Dec, 2008

 

Oh, I hope it spreads enough to have some new shoots to start up after the fruit than. Thats what I'm expecting.

12 Dec, 2008



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