dr wrote:
As for the Basjoo, i've grown quite a lot of these, nearly all
suckers from the mama plant, that one grew to over 12" tall, produced
a spectacular flower, some truly miniscule fruit, got ripped to
shreds by a storm and then promptly died. Still it was all rather
exciting :-)


The fruiting stem always dies!

The stem or trunk you see in normal growth is infact not a stem but the leaf
bases with a hollow centre through which the only true stem grows to flower
and fruit.

Always important to keep a family group to replace mamma when she flowers.

pk