Hey folks,
Maybe someone here can help me identify a mystery banana which I inherited from my sister-in-law. The original plant was bought from the famous but now defunct La Conchita Seaside Banana Garden in California. My sister-in-law doesn't remember the exact variety, but says they were some kind of Lady Finger - possibly just sold to her as a "Lady Finger" with no other designation, though she doesn't really remember.
I got a flower on one of them recently and thought it might help in identification. Unfortunately, this flower occurred after severe winds stripped the plant of all of its leaves, so the bananas will never mature. The fruit is about 2.5 inches in length, but who knows how big they would have grown if they could have matured. I've uploaded some photos - the originals are high res so clicking on these a couple of times to bring up the original might help in identifying them.
The flower:
The immature fruit:
A close up of the immature fruit:
The underside of a leaf:
The pups:
Another view of the pups:
And the whole plant:
Hopefully someone might recognize what kind of banana this is. Thanks!
John