Hey Bob,
Glad you like my story telling!
'Ambon' as in Ambon in Indonesia. This is an Indon cultivar. In Malay, Ambon = Clouds. Yep, it belongs to the Gros Michel group and the other similar variant is the Thai Kluay Dok Mai aka Kluay Hom Thong.
Kluay Dok Mai means Flower Banana and Kluay Hom Thong means Fragant Gold Banana ( Hom = Fragant and Thong = Gold ). I have the Thai cultivar but not Pisang Ambon. It is not grown here cos our local ones are more popular. Actually the local 'naners we have are very good tasting and sweet.
Somehow it is interesting that the M'sian cultivars are not known in the USA. I wonder why?
If you want to grow M'sian stuff I would recommend Pisang Mas which is small but very tasty for eating. I even have the Dwarf Pisang Mas at my nursery.
Pisang nangka ( = jackfruit) is very good for grilling/bbq.
Pisang Rastali, another great tasting 'naner for eating.
Cheers
