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Gabe15 · 01-13-2016, 01:57 PM

Theoretically, if the main difference is cold hardiness, or quickness of fruiting or something like that, you wouldn't necessarily see any morphological differences between the two plants, and the real difference may only be detectable under specific circumstances.

That being said, I think 'Texas Star' is just a marketing gimmick and there is nothing special about it. 'California Gold' seems to possibly have some more legitimacy to it's claims, but again you're unlikely to see any morphological differences between the two, and if you don't have any issues growing normal 'Dwarf Orinoco', then perhaps the differences would not be detectable in that environment.

Many years ago I sent a 'California Gold' to my friends at Going Bananas Nursery to grow out, Don reported it to be identical in morphology to his 'Dwarf Orinoco', but south Florida is not a very good place to test for special cold hardiness, so the real difference may be masked, if there is one at all.

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