I live in Cleveland, TN, and have been growing bananas, cold hardy palms and other subtrops for around 6 years now. I hate to disappoint you, but don't hold your hopes up too high for a banana to produce for you in our climate! I use them for their ornamental value, and that is good for me!!! BigDog is a friend of mine and his Veinte Cohol produced fruit, but only after keeping it growing in a heated greenhouse. Orinoco will not produce fruit in our short growing season, unless you are willing to overwinter the psuedostem in a dormant state under your house, or some place similiar. Please feel free to contact me at tntrops at yahoo dot com anytime and I will be more than happy to help you any way I can. I am originally from Manchester, TN, and my daughter and son-in-law live in Murfreesboro for now. I make it over that way on occasion...
Here is a link to my photobucket account that may interest you when you have time to look. Most pictures are in subfolders listed on the side of the main page. The main page is slideshows from previous years' growing seasons.
Pictures by randy4ut - Photobucket
Look forward to hearing from you and welcome to the crazy world of growing hardy subtropicals in the arctic tundra of TN!!!