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Originally Posted by Best day
As usual Ty is full of great information. As a side note it must be the cold that "variegated Florida" doesn't like for you Ty. Per mda1515 on ebay, who sells both and is in Florida, the "variegated Florida" is much more hardy than AeAe.
Bill
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The aeae is an AAB which explains why it is much more cold hardy than the AA Florida.
The Florida is a very special banana for many reasons. It's the fastest grower in our collection and is one of the more interesting bananas we have. It's a slender banana plant which makes it a great choice for growing in containers and it produces near normal size bunches in smaller container than the other cultivars. The fruiting phase is about 3 weeks which is similar to the 'AA' Satetagai cultivar. AA bananas are not cold tolerant but do grow great during the summer and they make a tons of pups, so as more people grow these I'd expect prices to drop to the $10 range.
If you can get your hands on one about this size it will easily produce fruit in one summer.