Hi. I have a banana tree that was planted 3.5 years ago, when I did not have any special interest in bananas yet. It was bought from a local nursersy. Here in my island (and in Greece generally) the exact botanical name of plants is almost never writen on labels, instead evrything is "banana" or "apple" or "palm" etc, so I had no way to know the exact banana type I got. At that time I bought it for the very green leaf and the tropical look. First summer I had a late bloom with tiny bananas that never got bigger because of a sudden brake caused by a strong wind. Next summer a I had another bunch of tiny bananas, again they remained small without getting a proper size until winter came and rotted. Last summer with increased watering and fertilizing, tiny bananas came up earlier, remained small and died again in winter. At the end of this winter I already have a flower with bananas, and decided to post some pictures so may someone can help me ID this banana. The tree is not at its best after a strong winter, and I already have trimmed the damaged leaves. New leaves now start to pop up. So you must ID it by the fruit and flower only. May be in 2 weeks I can post some leave photos, if they can help.
Also, almost the same story happens to my brother's in law banana tree, bought from the same store.
In our island I have seen banana tree making bananas in proper size.
I'm wondering if our bananas are decorative only..
Here are the links for the photos:
http://www.aegina.net/bananas/b1.jpg
http://www.aegina.net/bananas/b2.jpg
http://www.aegina.net/bananas/b3.jpg
Thanks.