Re: red iholene and african rhino horn photos please
There is a group of plantains called Horn Plantains which all only produce female flowers, never producing male flowers. This mutation has occurred a few times in other groups of bananas, but it is rare. There is a budless Saba-type I know for sure, and an East African Highland Banana which switches between "budded" and "non-budded" forms. There are also a number of varieties, both edible and wild, which quickly terminate the male bud, but that is a different action than not producing a male bud at all as in the Horn Plantains.
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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.
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