{"id":507,"date":"2011-07-24T07:26:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T06:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=507"},"modified":"2011-07-24T07:26:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T06:26:35","slug":"banana-flowers-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/07\/24\/banana-flowers-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Flowers &#8230;.Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Last January I showed you the following picture of a &#8220;banana flower&#8221;<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Cropped-and-small-of-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-508\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Cropped-and-small-of-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Cropped-and-small-of-close-up.jpg 424w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Cropped-and-small-of-close-up-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>The &#8220;banana flowers&#8221; which were actually split open bananas.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5>But the other day as I again was looking over the balcony, I noticed that the much larger banana plant once again had bananas on it &#8211; lots of bunches actually.<\/h5>\n<h5>And each of those bunches&#8230;&#8230;have flowers!<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Banana-flower-plant-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-509\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Banana-flower-plant-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Banana-flower-plant-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/Banana-flower-plant-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>A bunch of small red bananas with the flowers above.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/the-real-banana-flowers-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/the-real-banana-flowers-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/the-real-banana-flowers-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/07\/the-real-banana-flowers-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>These are the real banana flowers &#8211; 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