Actually, we didn’t set out to hunt for bananas, but when we go walking in the forest who knows what will happen.
We set out into the beautiful forest
Those trees are tall!
A butterfly! Of course I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures, and then switched to my macro lens for this one. This butterfly was wonderfully cooperative and sat quietly while I took photos.
beautiful butterfly
Since I had my macro lens, why not photograph these tiny flowers?
These little seeds are interesting too!
OK, OK, I’m coming! Wait for me.
We climbed up a small hill and found this spot with all these crazy vines hanging down from the trees.
Then, farther along, bananas! What a beautiful spot. Nothing says tropical jungle to me like bananas growing wild in the forest.
Look, bananas! This tree fell over with its stalk of bananas just waiting to be picked up. We must take them home and try them.
So, we set off for home, down the other part of the hill, bananas in hand.
This was last week. We set the bananas aside to get a little riper and then we tried them. They are short, plump, slightly pink, and very delicious! We decided that these are better bananas than we get from the produce vendors around town. What a nice surprise.
So, thinking about how we love to grow things that look beautiful and also produce food, what’s better than bananas! Yesterday, we set out for the banana spot again in search of pups, and sure enough there were many. Most of the pups were just growing out of fallen banana tree trunks, sitting on the ground rather than actually growing in it so it was very easy to get pups. We freed three of them in minutes with only a pocket knife.
We set off for home with our baby trees, and we even found some more bananas as well!
One of them is more than a baby, probably more like an adolescent but it was also sitting on top of the ground and easy to get.
Here is our new garden spot with the new bananas. I also put in a few pineapple tops, and soon I will have some tomato plants ready to set out. Nothing says tropical jungle garden like beautiful banana trees!
The photo at the top of the page was also taken near the banana spot. I think that twisted tree is so interesting.
The Panama Adventure 
i am SO enjoying your posts and am there with you on our exploratory treks! keep on bloggin’! z
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Won’t the banana plants grow offshoots when they’re older?
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Yes. I believe they will grow big enough to flower and fruit. Around the time the fruit ripens, the tree will fall over and new shoots will come up from the base. Different varieties may be different, but in general I think this is how it works.
Thanks for visiting my blog!
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Reblogged this on RD Revilo.
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My goodness, thank you 🙂
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you are very welcome…peace
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It’s wonderful to read your delight at discovering your new nature ‘hood’. Sounds like it’s fertile, exuberant and full of surprises.
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Thank you, yes, we are having a wonderful time exploring!
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where you can retrieve the bright-pink award and place it on your blog!
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3. Answer these easy questions:
Cookies or cake: Cake
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
What is your favourite sweet treat? Brownies
When do you crave sweet things the most? When I see brownies!
If you had a sweet nickname what would it be? People call me Sweetie, so I suppose that’s it!
Thanks, and have fun passing this along!
Lisa/Z
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Oh wow, my goodness, thank you so much! 🙂
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tis my pleasure! z
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I had a banana tree at one time and one year of storms prevented it from growing back. Your new trees look beautiful.
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Thank you! Hopefully you can get another banana tree in your yard.
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