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siege2050 · 02-01-2015, 06:40 PM

Looks Orinoco ish from a distance but can't tell. Try to post pics of the stem up close, the Petioles (leaf stem) to see if they are open or closed, and note if its powdery or not under the leaves, and on stem, but definite ID probably requires a bloom as lots of Banana cultivars are similar. Orinoco is popular there I think so makes it likely. I just remove old leaves and and dried up stem sheaths as necessary on mine, but here I have to dig and store them under my house in winter. As far as if the stem will survive winter there and not die back to the ground I am not sure, somebody else here can answer that one better than me.

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