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Just extended the pipe that takes the shower water to the ribbon fan palm I planted to shade the last part of the wall exposed to the western sun. Took another sucker off the sugar banana, bunged it at the end of the pipe. The mother plant is yet to fruit but it's growth rate is phenomonal. It just keeps pumping out sucker after sucker, even though it has been getting fairly minimal water. Abassyinian bananas don't bear edible fruit but develop an enormous edible corm of up to 40kg which has saved the lives of many drought-affected Ethiopian villagers. I'll bet other banana species have a similar water and food storage facility - I have been surprised at how much this thing has thrived throughout this severe drought.
Sugar bananas - yum. They'll help shade that wall as well.
Sugar bananas - yum. They'll help shade that wall as well.