Thanks for this post! I'm in the SF Bay Area (San Leandro), and bought my first banana plant (theoretically, a Blue Java) from
Green Earth Co., after reading this thread I'm not sure what I have!
(Or if it would be worth eating?)
I have no idea if it's warm enough at my house to ever have this tree fruit (I'm in zone 9B), so if anyone here has any better ideas for a banana plant that could produce fruit for me, I'm all ears!
I admit to being seduced by the blue color and the 'novelty' factor, I've never grown banana plants before. But my little dude seems healthy, he's making new leaves and is about 12" tall stem-wise now. He's indoors in a pot in my sunroom (bright indirect sun) but I carry him outside for a few hours of morning sun every day. Pampered plant!