View Full Version : Does this look like a Red Iholene?
Bubbatex0
09-19-2006, 02:49 PM
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/Bubbatex0/Pub/IMG_0691.jpg
jeffreyp
09-19-2006, 03:05 PM
it doesnt look like red iholene.
Bubbatex0
09-19-2006, 03:14 PM
Unfortunately thats what it's supposed to be. Got it from Wellspring Gardens and it was listed as Red Iholene Banana. Also it was real slow to grow. Been in the ground since March, however when I went on vacation the sprinkler I have on it did not work and it got set back a little.
Robert
MediaHound
09-19-2006, 05:58 PM
Can you post a pic of the underside of the leaves?
Red Iholene has a hint of purple-pink underneath.
pitangadiego
09-19-2006, 08:14 PM
I vote no.
AnnaJW
09-20-2006, 03:35 AM
I have to vote no as well...
Tropical Lady
09-20-2006, 08:34 AM
I will have to vote no also.
Red Iholene leaves are a burgundy color underside and reddish-pinkish pseudostem.
~Chantell
Bubbatex0
09-20-2006, 01:15 PM
I will try too get under leaf pics tonight.
MediaHound
09-20-2006, 01:26 PM
Try to get them from underneath, at an angle.
MediaHound
09-20-2006, 01:27 PM
ps my Red Iholene has no red blotching.
Bubbatex0
09-20-2006, 01:38 PM
Will do
Bubbatex0
09-21-2006, 08:04 AM
Took pictures but forgot to bring in camera. However the bottom of the leaves are just plain green.
Robert
pitangadiego
09-21-2006, 09:22 PM
Then it still isn't a Red Iho.
Bubbatex0
09-22-2006, 01:11 PM
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/Bubbatex0/Pub/IMG_0705.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/Bubbatex0/Pub/IMG_0706.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/Bubbatex0/Pub/IMG_0707.jpg
PaulOdin
09-22-2006, 03:41 PM
It doesn't appear to be Red Iholeni. Dwarf Brazilian, maybe? Or possibly Dwarf Cavendish, but it doesn't look stocky enough and the leaves seem a bit narrow. At the very least, you have a healthy looking banana!
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
Paul
Bubbatex0
09-22-2006, 04:00 PM
Thanks,
Guess I need to check with Donovan at Wellsprings about selling me the wrong plant. He does sell a dwarf Brazilian but I did not want a short banana.
AnnaJW
09-22-2006, 04:10 PM
I got a wrong order from him a while back, and he was really quick to send me the right plants.
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