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Originally Posted by RROBBINS53
I don't want to get confused so let me say this and you all can correct me if I'm off. My understanding is the group name is Bluggoe. It consists of five different varieties. Those are Bluggoe, Silver Bluggoe, Ice Cream (also known as Blue Java), Largo (also known as Orinoco or Burro in the mainland), and Kahiki Cream. Due to some issues, years ago a nursery mislabeled Namwa variety, calling and selling them as Blue java. So today many people who think they bought Blue Java/Ice Cream banana actually have Namwa variety instead. As you know it is best to try and Identify bananas when the plant is fruiting, so it might take a year or so before you can correctly identify your plant. Ice Cream/ Blu Java have a small knuckle where each fruit connects to the hand. It is quite distinct. Whereas Namwa fruit all run together in a band where they attach to each hand. (no knuckles).To summarize, I hope you all have what you think you do. Also the Blue Java/Ice Cream only has the bluish tint when it is immature. It turns kind of a waxy yellow when mature. Aloha
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Nice synopsis, generally accurate. Blue Java has technically been reassigned to the Ney Mannan Subgroup, but is still similar to Bluggoe Subgroup members.
Trying to settle on a cultivar count is a bit more complicated though, especially for the Bluggoe Subgroup. Because it grows readily in so many locales, there's more likelihood that random but stable mutations happen. As a result of that, there are intermediate forms between the most recognized cultivars, not fitting neatly within the descriptors for any defined variants.
Btw, Largo and Bluggoe might be one and the same. Hard to say without someone growing them in identical conditions.