#4 looks very characteristic of female flower. 5 and 6 look female as well. I'd say you're getting some fruit this year.

Jeff

Sorry- They all look male to me.

I think #4 has the greatest possibility ... it has a really thick stalk and looks a little "stubbier" .. In person, it just looks a bit different than the others...

Crossing my fingers...

Yeah....a bit hard to say with absolute certainty.....but I'd bet on male for all of them, if push came to shove. Female blooms should be in your not too distant future though, based upon the proliferation of male blooms.

Harry

sleep, how long has your bangkok lemon been in the ground? where did you purchase it from? is ti a seedling or grafted.

I have a seedling bangkok lemon from Excalibur, Its loaded with flowers too, seems like a productive cultivar

Mine is also a seedling from Excalibur.. It's been in he ground 2 years iirc.. I bought it as either a 25 or 50 gallon, don't remember exactly but it was by far the largest tree I have ever planted.

6ft ladder for perspective

Trunk

The flower in picture #4 has that 'ring' around the base of the flower which is characteristic of the female flowers on my NS1. I'll be surprised if that's not a female. You'll know in a couple of weeks though.

Jeff

Your tree looks great. I can't help you on the flowers, but your pic is a little depressing for me. I have a grafted bangkok lemon that I was hoping to get fruit from soon but the trunk on mine is not even close to a thick as yours. Good luck, I hope Jeff is right.

Yah, a grafted jackfruit won't usually start fruiting until it has a good thick trunk on it... which makes sense since it needs to hold those huge fruits. A grafted jack can start producing male flowers at only 3 feet tall, but I'd say plan on waiting 3 to 4 years after planting out for fruit to start forming.

Jeff

It appears that the flower in pic # 4 is/was female!

Now I am wondering if it is a flower or small fruit.... How can one tell the difference?

Pic of it today, with a ripe Mauritius lychee held next to it..

Ohh that's a fruit alright!!

Jeff

NICE!!!!

Interesting question actually. In my view, the female flower is the fruit. The degree that the female flower is successfully pollinated determines the overall development of what we call the fruit. The better the pollination, the more seeds that develop. The more seeds, the more fleshy structures (I think they are called perianths....or something like that)that cover each of the seeds. Its that fleshy structure that is the main eating highlight. I have had fruits that barely pollinated and have very few seeds and lots of undesireable rag (undeveloped perianths) inside. The pollination process is somewhat of a mystery to be. Sometimes it seems like there are no male flowers around to conduct the pollination....yet, fruit fully develop. Anyway, that's my two cents on the subject.

Harry

Great to hear everyones thoughts :)

Anyone know how long it usually takes to go from this stage, to a mature and ripe fruit? I assume it will take awhile..

Flower to fruit times during the warm months are 150-180 days, depending on the culitvar.

Harry

Thought I would update this thread ..

This is the lone fruit, from the # 4 flower..

I took these photo's this morning. About a week ago, I gave the tree a "Campbell Haircut" Hopefully that will not affect the fruit at all ... Maybe I should have waited until after I picked the fruit .... Guess we'll see ..

oh man, that's just beautiful...congrats and many pats on the back buddy :)

Tim

That is pretty sweet. How large do you think it is? Next year I think I might wait to come down until the jackfruit are starting to ripen. I really want to try the bangkok lemon.

from the picture, my guess would be in the 20-25lb range