Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropicman!, 1 by BamaBelle

BamaBelle wrote:
A pic of the third bloom. This one was weird because it should not have bloomed for another two years. It just put up pups this year and the trunk is not strong enough to hold the bloom...much less full fledged fruit. OTOH, the tree is short enough that I am able to tie it to the front porch post so it isn't breaking the trunk anymore. As soon as the bloom got heavy enough to bend the stalk, the tree started to buckle under the weight and I tied it up. Anyway, notice how this one only has two hands on it...and is already only producing sterile flowers at this point.