Originally Posted by bananimal

Porkpi,

Please post your location, change your profile. It would help to understand your overall problem. My dwarf orinoco has thrived and reproduced for over 35 years - first in NJ, then NC and now in S Fla. Not alot of fruit though. The orinoco was first suggested to me as having the shortest fruiting season by The Banana Tree in Easton, Pa.

Except now, I expect to see real fruit here in zone 9b. Fruited in NC once having been planted in the garden. Spotted the flower in mid October, dug it up, put it in a 15 gal pot and hauled it up to the 2nd floor. Stuck it in the garden tub under the sky light and got 72 fruit. My experience has shown that only cold will stop this thing. It is the most robust of ban's that I grow.

The current decendant of that first corm is now over 7 feet tall and it's leaves are very green and thick. It loves this place. Will fruit soon.

Dan, a.k.a. bananimal