Mystery Banana Update

Yesenia (on right) and Yulisa Mystery have both grown at least a half inch since yesterday.  This plant seems to grow quickly. 

Mother Plant Unfurls Again

I've been wondering about how long it takes for one leaf to emerge.  Mother Plant's last leaf emerged on January 9th.  It is 2.5 weeks later, and now another leaf is emerging.  Really, I thought one leaf was taking about one month to push out.  I guess I'm mistaken.  Anyway, I'm hoping to see the bell and bananas soon.

Mystery Banana Update

Yesenia Mystery (on the right) is growing like a flash.  Yulisa Mystery (on left) is growing too.  It seems Yesenia is growing about a half inch per day.

Bella is in the Groove

Bella has her first true leaf since her decapitation trauma.

Mystery Banana Update

Yesenia and Yulisa Mystery bananas grew tremendously in just 24 hours.  More to come.

Bella Update

Still growing.

Mystery Banana Update

The Mystery Banana shoot that is beneath the soil is the largest of the new growths even though it grew last.  I really think that's the mother plant growing from a newly established grow point since the old one was chopped up.  For future reference, I will call this plant Yesenia Mystery.

The other large shoot, which is red, is growing steadily too.  I will now call her Yulisa Mystery.

Bella Update

Bella has grown a half inch since only yesterday.

Mystery Banana Update

Still growing!

Bananas supposedly grow a set amount of leaves before they flower, between 30 to 50.  Since Mystery Corm has already done a substantial amount of growing, as evidenced by the size of the corm, I wonder if the previous year's leaf growth will count towards the corm's leaf quota. Hence, will I still have to wait 2-3 years to see fruit, or is it possible to see fruit sooner. I know the corm had to establish a new grow point, so does this mean the plant's leaf count clock has been reset to zero?

Bella Update

Bella is about to grow a leaf.  I can't wait until it unfurls.

Bella the Beautiful

What a difference a day makes.  I think Bella has found her rhythm.  This blog was initially began as a documentary of Bella's growth.  Since she wasn't growing much, I started documenting my other bananas too.

Mystery Banana Update

I've been so preoccupied with changes occurring around the sides of the corm that I neglected to examine the top.  The top has attained a reddish cream coloring and is looking less and less like burnt toast.

The shoot beneath the soil, which I think is the original plant regenerating itself, is growing rapidly.  I was going to remove some soil to examine her, but she was already at the top of the soil waiting for me.  I'm going to use grow lamp to encourage her along.  I predict to see abundant changes in Mystery Banana over the next months.

Bella Means Beautiful

My Little Bella lives.  Despite my interference, she lives.  I have learned that I should not cut through the entire pseudostem when transplanting.  It is better to cut off the leaves only and to let the pseudostem decay at its on rate.

Bella had a hard time pushing out the first new leaf because I decapitated her.  I have never truncated a pseudostem until recently, and I doubt that I will use this pruning method again.