How do bananas grow?

“this”: http://www.apsnet.org/education/feature/banana/Images/Figure4.jpg is what real banana looks like. theyve been bred to look like the ones we eat in north america.

they come out of a “bunch”: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Costa_Rican_banana_bunch.jpg, but im not sure about the actual terminology for a banana group.

http://green2995.stores.yahoo.net/banananinfo.html

Here might be some info for you. And yes, they do develop upside down.

http://www.uga.edu/fruit/banana.html

More than you want to know about bananas. For specific answer to your question (might also be in graylady’s site ^^) read the middle section on Botanical description. And think about apple, cherry, pear, plum, peach blossoms and then ensuing fruit.

Interesting question.

I talked to a banana grower in Hawaii. He said that the trees grow up and produce bananas in 100 days. Then they die. I thought this was fascinating…although I do not know if it is true. I took him at his word.

I did not have time to read the first replies. Perhaps you can tell me if I am right about this.

I think fruits are the ovaries of flowers.
So it must come from a flower at some point?

Yes. It starts by growing upwards and then the weight of the banana or plantain causes it to point downwards. I didn’t have time to read most of my link, either. Right now I have other things to focus on besides the botany of bananas.

how do bananas grow?

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