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Originally Posted by venturabananas
Have either of you harvested any Pisang Jari Buaya? If so, how do they taste? I've never seen one in person.
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I have a couple of times..it has been a while. I do have one with fruit now (there is a brief shot of it in one of the videos I recently posted).
It has been so long, they are very cold sensitive and prior to this winter everything froze to the ground two years in a row.....I do not recall any thing special about them.
There is a thread that Gabe started:
Pisang Jari Buaya
The pic of the banana poster you posted lists Pisang Jari Buaya and Monkey Finger as the same banana.
Going Bananas lists them separately within their catalog:
MONKEY FINGER - A terrific looking plant that produces very large bunches of long thin bananas with slight curving. It truly resembles the elongated fingers of a large monkey hand and hence obtained its name. The fruit is firm and sub-acid sweet giving it a very refreshing flavor. Height 10-12 ft.
PISANG JARI BUAYA - This hardy dessert variety grows about 8-10 ft. tall
with long leaves and a thin pseudostem. The fruit is slender and long with a slightly sub-acid sweet fruit. Rare and unique.
The following is consistent with my experience:
"with long leaves and a thin pseudostem"
They have a picture of Monkey Finger (which I purchased from them) that matches the poster and they list Pisang Jari Buaya as "Hardy"....(must not mean "Cold" hardy).
My experience is that these two are two separate bananas (the ones I grow have different fruit) and the Pisang Jari Buaya is rather thin. The Monkey Finger pups more vigorously than any other banana I grow.
Not much of an answer..when I harvest the current raceme I will post information and pictures on the PJB thread.