What's blooming in your garden? (bananas) [Archive] - Page 5

servatusprime

10-11-2014, 09:51 PM

Hammocked Banana

10-12-2014, 10:47 AM

Servatusprime, is that a dwarf red or a zebrinia?

Those ae' ae' bunches look so neat!

servatusprime

10-12-2014, 11:38 AM

Servatusprime, is that a dwarf red or a zebrinia?

Those ae' ae' bunches look so neat!

Neither, it's a "X". A cross between cavendish and sumantra. I do have a zebrina, but it's not nearly as nice to look at.

Hammocked Banana

10-12-2014, 05:31 PM

Sumantra is the same as zebrinia right? That is a nice looking plant, too bad there is seeds in the fruit.

Kostas

10-13-2014, 06:05 PM

Musa 'Kandrian' :)
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Pyrgos%20Garden/7F3687A0-E0DD-4E7A-8C44-99A697B446E6_zpsn7kqm2sm.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/Kostas_G/media/Pyrgos%20Garden/7F3687A0-E0DD-4E7A-8C44-99A697B446E6_zpsn7kqm2sm.jpg.html)

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Pyrgos%20Garden/A94455E1-A29F-4FFD-9F0B-442482CD2E2A_zpsnf1w0pcg.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/Kostas_G/media/Pyrgos%20Garden/A94455E1-A29F-4FFD-9F0B-442482CD2E2A_zpsnf1w0pcg.jpg.html)

JCA433

10-14-2014, 05:49 AM

Wow that is a tall banana plant must be at least 20 feet height.

Richard

10-14-2014, 03:01 PM

Pretty impressive for 38° North, but then again you're almost completely surrounded by the Mediterranean bathtub!
:08:

Oguejiofor farms

10-14-2014, 04:41 PM

I have a few thousand plants that are doing great. What I really don' know is if I have a growth flush or calcium deficiency syptoms. Let somebody just help. Remain blessed of The Lord
Obinna( oguejiofor farms)

I_GROWER

10-16-2014, 05:37 PM

Hey flower you're blooming the wrong way, go home you're drunk.

http://i.imgur.com/T5RNiD6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/eFhEt7L.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WxXVTAc.jpg

Hammocked Banana

10-16-2014, 08:36 PM

Thats wacked, seems to be not all that rare though. Did u have any kind of damage before it shot the bloom? Had it been choking? At least all the nanners made it.

servatusprime

10-17-2014, 06:24 PM

Gros Michel! Maybe this one will work out for me. Pray for a mild winter....

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/18228ABB-736C-4A07-B08E-D495B72A7459_zps8itws9fl.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/18228ABB-736C-4A07-B08E-D495B72A7459_zps8itws9fl.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 18228ABB-736C-4A07-B08E-D495B72A7459_zps8itws9fl.jpg"/></a>

Dplaza

10-18-2014, 11:52 AM

WOW that's a lot of naners PR, how many is that and what kind?

from the sea

10-19-2014, 08:49 PM

nice aeae

merce3

10-20-2014, 07:15 PM

^what type is that behemoth?

robguz24

10-23-2014, 01:34 PM

FHIA-02 Mona Lisa. Started life at Agristarts and looks like the real thing. http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_4795_zpsc6b0a560.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_4795_zpsc6b0a560.jpg.html)

merce3

10-23-2014, 08:00 PM

blue java:
http://i.imgur.com/wXb2iwe.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/C6k01DP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PCHG8bq.jpg

hopefully it makes it through the next 3-4 months.

Richard

10-23-2014, 10:33 PM

blue java ... hopefully it makes it through the next 3-4 months.

If you have daytime temperatures peaking above 70F and no temperature drop below 50F, plus humidity above 55% that bud should sail right through.

I_GROWER

10-25-2014, 01:40 PM

Unknown dwarf
http://i.imgur.com/pmSJhIo.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/llw5RGP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s1tWrJs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/E5uKc1U.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nlVM98K.jpg

Richard

10-25-2014, 07:08 PM

perhaps Cavendish?

Lau

10-26-2014, 05:29 PM

My third bunch of Tall Unknown Bananas

servatusprime

10-26-2014, 07:10 PM

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/E0663BA5-DA85-4397-BF8F-19D24E41B4C3_zpsbgbjm8ro.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/E0663BA5-DA85-4397-BF8F-19D24E41B4C3_zpsbgbjm8ro.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo E0663BA5-DA85-4397-BF8F-19D24E41B4C3_zpsbgbjm8ro.jpg"/></a>

This creamwah mat of mine is an unstoppable juggernaut! Since my first harvest last December, I've harvested two other bunches this year and now I have three filling and a forth on the way. None of my other varieties perform like this one. Not sure why (I think it's because it's my wife's favorite)

I've let this mat grow with less management than the others. I imagine the bunches could be bigger but we can only eat so many at once anyway, so this is working for us.

Hammocked Banana

10-30-2014, 12:23 PM

Man thats a big bunch. Is that first generation?

kubali

10-30-2014, 01:16 PM

Filling slowly...

Mysore oct-18
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56930 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56930)
Mysore oct-30
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51644 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51644)

Those are 2 beautiful bunches of bananas.

I_GROWER

11-01-2014, 04:11 PM

African Rhino from Lowes

http://i.imgur.com/YnhluWJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HtuyLov.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Jt3UydW.jpg

merce3

11-02-2014, 02:18 PM

If you have daytime temperatures peaking above 70F and no temperature drop below 50F, plus humidity above 55% that bud should sail right through.

well, we dropped into the mid 40s last night so lets see what happens.

plundccre

11-04-2014, 01:19 PM

Yours appear to be the real thing. I bought two "African Rhino's" from Home Depot which ended up being something else.

African Rhino from Lowes

http://i.imgur.com/YnhluWJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HtuyLov.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Jt3UydW.jpg

Rmplmnz

11-09-2014, 11:36 AM

Dwarf Brazilian (3)
Dwarf Green Red
Dwarf Red
Dwarf Puerto Rican Plantain
Hua Moa (3)
Kandarin
Ele Ele
Rajapuri (2)
Ebon Musak
Pitogo (2)
African Rhino Horn
Lavender Ornata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN9gCrJdEEc

Link to periodic updates:
http://www.bananas.org/f2/rmplmnz-garden-tour-14729-5.html#post253876

robguz24

11-09-2014, 12:22 PM

Ice Cream
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_4805_zps4fa9f33c.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_4805_zps4fa9f33c.jpg.html)

I_GROWER

11-09-2014, 01:55 PM

My tallest unknown
http://i.imgur.com/6iIeJhF.jpg

Richard

11-09-2014, 07:58 PM

My tallest unknown

Is there any pink along the edge of the leaf stems -- or are the leaf stems completely void of pink?

Jose263

11-10-2014, 07:14 AM

Ice Cream
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_4805_zps4fa9f33c.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_4805_zps4fa9f33c.jpg.html)

Nice - I have an aka blue Java -not a namwah- only about 12 ft high and no flag but has started leaning and it is really a dramatic lean - had to prop it. I noticed your is way over . Is that common with Ice Cream? :drum::drum:

robguz24

11-10-2014, 12:23 PM

venturabananas

11-10-2014, 12:26 PM

Yes, leaning is very common in my experience with Ice Cream. It's one of the reasons I have ripped out most of them. I can have it propped in 3 directions and it magically finds a way to fall the opposite way. Maybe 1/3 of bunches make it to full maturity.

The Blue Java/Ice Cream they have at Quail Gardens in Encinitas are terrible leaners, too. The one in my yard is still too small to lean -- yet!

JCA433

11-11-2014, 11:40 AM

Another Namwah flower

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57031&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57031&ppuser=7368)

I_GROWER

11-19-2014, 11:41 AM

Is there any pink along the edge of the leaf stems -- or are the leaf stems completely void of pink?

Hello Richard.

this was the original thread seeking identification
http://www.bananas.org/f12/1-spot-banana-19823.html

they are not void of pink..

here are a few days progression
Sunday 11/16
http://i.imgur.com/KisVkF7.jpg

Today 11/19
http://i.imgur.com/LW4WVFg.jpg

servatusprime

11-22-2014, 05:05 PM

Hammocked Banana

11-22-2014, 05:13 PM

Mahoi?

servatusprime

11-22-2014, 11:30 PM

Mahoi?

Yep yep.
Might be the last time I let it flower too. No sense in keeping it when there are so many better tasting varieties to be had.

bananimal

11-23-2014, 09:42 AM

Yep yep.
Might be the last time I let it flower too. No sense in keeping it when there are so many better tasting varieties to be had.

That goes double for Musa Ice Cream. Tastes crappy. Still don't know why folks new to naners still focus on it. Must be the cute name.

Lau

11-23-2014, 10:02 AM

They are dependable :woohoonaner:

venturabananas

11-23-2014, 11:46 AM

Yangambi KM5 (looking up, inflorescence is perpendicular to the p-stem):
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/YangambiKM5inflorescence_zps5bcfc995.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/YangambiKM5inflorescence_zps5bcfc995.jpg.html)

venturabananas

11-23-2014, 11:47 AM

Pisang Klotek
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/PisangKlotek_2014_10_19_zpsb29d5f95.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/PisangKlotek_2014_10_19_zpsb29d5f95.jpg.html)

servatusprime

11-23-2014, 01:15 PM

That's a nice looking bunch.

servatusprime

11-23-2014, 01:21 PM

They are dependable :woohoonaner:
So is the grocery store for cavendish ;).

For their level of cold tolerance they do seem to be dependable and don't really need propping which is great. But the taste experience isn't that noteworthy. I think the mahoi is fun for the novelty but that has worn off for me. If space wasn't such a premium in my yard. I would probably keep it around because it's fairly attractive and a nice height for architectural effect.

Lau

11-23-2014, 02:13 PM

Will the Double grow and produce in a container? I have had several Namva produce in containers, but nothing else yet. I just planted a Namva, I had put in a small container a few years ago. I kind of forgot about it. Didn't water it very much no real fertilizer either. I noticed a small leaf and it looked like it was going to flower, so I stuck it in the ground. It is from a full size Namva but this one is only 5' tall.

Lau

11-23-2014, 06:47 PM

That Yangambi KM5 banana plant looks great what do the banana's taste like?

robguz24

11-23-2014, 09:58 PM

Where did you get the Yangambi KM5 from originally? That seems like one not many people have.

venturabananas

11-24-2014, 02:11 AM

That Yangambi KM5 banana plant looks great what do the banana's taste like?

Don't know, this is the first time it has bloomed. I'll let you know, eventually.

venturabananas

11-24-2014, 02:29 AM

Where did you get the Yangambi KM5 from originally? That seems like one not many people have.

I got it from Sunfish, who got it from Chironex years ago, who got it from ARS-GRIN in PR. It appears to be correctly identified from what I can tell.

Lau

12-14-2014, 08:13 PM

My tiny Namva bloom. :woohoonaner:

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Cikas33

12-15-2014, 08:59 AM

Looks great. :)

Pancrazio

12-18-2014, 08:01 PM

This!
http://i.imgur.com/D6mfwoV.jpg

(Yeah, I know, duplicate post. But I waited 4 years to make this particular duplicate post!) :ha:

servatusprime

12-20-2014, 02:36 PM

Goldfinger, biggest bloom yet!!

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/66EAE0DC-7F26-4356-A9D6-AF1A8ABEEDB3_zpspiylsvfh.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/66EAE0DC-7F26-4356-A9D6-AF1A8ABEEDB3_zpspiylsvfh.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 66EAE0DC-7F26-4356-A9D6-AF1A8ABEEDB3_zpspiylsvfh.jpg"/></a>

robguz24

12-21-2014, 04:50 PM

Biggest Ice Cream bunch I've had. I love it when they form fruit twice.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/P1020141_zpsf687963c.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/P1020141_zpsf687963c.jpg.html)

Goldfinger that started life at Agri-Starts so may not be the real thing. However, seems to fit much of the description, including the fruit taste and texture. This one is really short, about 6'.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/P1020143_zpsbb19cbaf.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/P1020143_zpsbb19cbaf.jpg.html)

servatusprime

12-21-2014, 08:33 PM

Same goldfinger

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/5A6B0AE5-AF05-4605-B4C9-A3CE593A7DDD_zpselrhtbnt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/5A6B0AE5-AF05-4605-B4C9-A3CE593A7DDD_zpselrhtbnt.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 5A6B0AE5-AF05-4605-B4C9-A3CE593A7DDD_zpselrhtbnt.jpg"/></a>

Pancrazio

12-21-2014, 09:33 PM

Goldfinger that started life at Agri-Starts so may not be the real thing. However, seems to fit much of the description, including the fruit taste and texture. This one is really short, about 6'.

Uhm... interesting. There's a guy here in Italy who has got a Goldfinger, and also that plant has flowered at about 6'. Wondering if they are the same clone. 6', as far as i know, is a little on the small side for a goldfinger. They should go about 8' as first crop, am I right?

robguz24

12-22-2014, 01:43 AM

Uhm... interesting. There's a guy here in Italy who has got a Goldfinger, and also that plant has flowered at about 6'. Wondering if they are the same clone. 6', as far as i know, is a little on the small side for a goldfinger. They should go about 8' as first crop, am I right?
Another TC Goldfinger from the same order fruited at 7.5'. Most types I grow tend to fruit a bit shorter than typical. I have had DBs fruit at 4' and others at 11 all from the same source. Huge differences just in my own yard based on water and sunlight. So I don't know that any 2 are about 6' matters much.

bananahusker

12-23-2014, 03:32 PM

Great picture, i might have to start up my banana planting next year. Never had one go to blossom.

merce3

12-24-2014, 07:57 AM

my dwarf brazillian just flowered
http://i.imgur.com/pzNxgQGl.jpg

I_GROWER

01-02-2015, 10:11 AM

Mysore
http://i.imgur.com/5H6BQgQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HNWHif4.jpg

Unknown
http://i.imgur.com/LMWQRYQ.jpg

venturabananas

01-02-2015, 12:17 PM

Nice photos I_GROWER.

Nicolas Naranja

01-08-2015, 08:08 PM

Dwarf Namwah

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20150108_093810_zps72f45254.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20150108_093810_zps72f45254.jpg.html)

Hammocked Banana

01-09-2015, 07:38 AM

Wow did that kid just fall out of that huge bud? Congrats man!

geosulcata

01-09-2015, 11:34 AM

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JFRZgrfoysw/VK__OorRgZI/AAAAAAAAALU/PPBNCvooqmQ/s800/IMG_7348.JPG
Dwarf Orinoco
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rVWLyEFSYFE/VK__Omyb63I/AAAAAAAAALY/IY2-VBkxYIc/s800/IMG_7357.jpg

It seems like everything is fruiting right now...everything except our Saba, which continues to grow taller and wider. It has been in the ground about 2 years...still waiting.

servatusprime

01-09-2015, 12:12 PM

beautiful photo

Lau

01-09-2015, 01:27 PM

Two bunches of Raja Puri

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57365&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57365)

Lau

01-09-2015, 01:34 PM

Three bunches of Maybe Ice-cream. Broken bunch turning yellow.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57368&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57368)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57366&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57366)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57367&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57367)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57369&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57369)

Lau

01-09-2015, 01:38 PM

Maybe Goldfinger three bunches

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57364&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57364&ppuser=16716)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57370&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57370)

Lau

01-09-2015, 01:45 PM

Pisang Awak two bunches. Small bunch was in a small container for years just put it into the ground when I saw the flower.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57362&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57362&ppuser=16716)

Pisang Away in a bucket.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57363&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57363&ppuser=16716)

I_GROWER

01-16-2015, 10:34 AM

My land unknown
http://i.imgur.com/qH6nLGm.jpg

Wild Bananaland unknown
http://i.imgur.com/0bSXp2E.jpg

They bear a resemblance IMO, tall namwah perhaps?

venturabananas

01-16-2015, 11:45 AM

My land unknown
They bear a resemblance IMO, tall namwah perhaps?

Yes, I'd say they almost certainly are namwah.

JCA433

01-17-2015, 10:45 AM

That unknown resembles my tall Namwah.

Nicolas Naranja

01-21-2015, 10:08 PM

Hammocked Banana

01-22-2015, 01:37 PM

Wow, VC really seems to have some commercial potential in the tropics...

merce3

01-22-2015, 09:04 PM

I am nearly certain that this a Blue Java. The bees really seem to like this variety, every flower had a bee in it.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/IMG_20150121_214830_zpsxxpdgxhr.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/IMG_20150121_214830_zpsxxpdgxhr.jpg.html)

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20150120_174011_zpszvlw8c79.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20150120_174011_zpszvlw8c79.jpg.html)

i am having the same experience with my blue java. the bees are going manic over the flowers. i've even had a bumble bee visit a few times. and they're pollinating my blueberries and peaches too, which are busting with fruit. definitely something you want blooming this time of year. my dwarf brazilian on the other hand stopped attracting bees after the male flowers started coming in.

robguz24

01-26-2015, 10:59 PM

My first Tu'u Ghia. Just about 1 year to flower.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_5259_zpsfun82dkn_1.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_5259_zpsfun82dkn_1.jpg.html)

kubali

01-29-2015, 03:18 PM

looks like it's going to be a fruitful year.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57430 Florida prince peach.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57427 gulf rose plum.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57429 Florida prince peach.

merce3

01-29-2015, 08:01 PM

^kub, are the cds for birds or squirrels?

kubali

01-30-2015, 10:05 AM

^kub, are the cds for birds or squirrels?

squirrels.

JCA433

02-03-2015, 12:53 PM

SH-3640

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57461&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57461&ppuser=7368)

The flower is coming down on the pup side. Is this normal for this variety?

Tall Namwa

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57462&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57462&ppuser=7368)

merce3

02-03-2015, 06:24 PM

squirrels.

thanks! i had no idea those worked on squirrels. i have been at war with them lately, but need something more passive than a bb gun.

from the sea

02-05-2015, 10:40 AM

They also work on iguanas

I_GROWER

02-09-2015, 12:16 PM

I had suspicion this drawf my be "choking"

Sure enough it was. Hopefully continue to push the flower.

http://i.imgur.com/vz6DOTZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IhzZu42.jpg

Hammocked Banana

02-09-2015, 08:56 PM

Is that a sdc?

I_GROWER

02-09-2015, 09:07 PM

@hammocked it is.

Currently holding fruit from the main pup
http://i.imgur.com/cy9EGfG.jpg

Flagleaf after the bunch
http://i.imgur.com/28ZJWxf.jpg

Lau

03-08-2015, 07:53 AM

I got this Fake Ice-cream banana from Home Depot. I thought it could be a Namwa but now I think it is a Dwarf Brazilian. What do you guys think? http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57514&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57514) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57515&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57515) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57517&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57517)

venturabananas

03-08-2015, 11:00 AM

I got this Fake Ice-cream banana from Home Depot. I thought it could be a Namwa but now I think it is a Dwarf Brazilian. What do you guys think?

The petiole canals are too closed for it to be Dwarf Brazilian. What makes you conclude it isn't Namwah?

Lau

03-08-2015, 01:56 PM

I thought the Blue Java and Namwa have a clean rachis? Brazilian have a clean rachis but Dwarf Brazilian do not. If Namwa has a messy rachis maybe it is a Namwa. :banana_ba

CountryBoy1981

03-08-2015, 08:15 PM

I thought the Blue Java and Namwa have a clean rachis? Brazilian have a clean rachis but Dwarf Brazilian do not. If Namwa has a messy rachis maybe it is a Namwa. :banana_ba

If the mixup happened at agristarts with blue java it isn't a brazilian; I have not seen one on their website ever. I am not saying they haven't ever tissue cultured it but they haven't lately.

venturabananas

03-08-2015, 09:17 PM

I thought the Blue Java and Namwa have a clean rachis? Brazilian have a clean rachis but Dwarf Brazilian do not. If Namwa has a messy rachis maybe it is a Namwa. :banana_ba

Yes, the rachis is normally mostly clean in tall Namwah, but sometimes the floral relicts hang on for a while. Give it some time and see what it looks like. Also, "medium Namwah" ("Misi Luki") retains floral relicts beneath the female fingers and down for a foot or two before the rachis becomes clean. And Dwarf Namwah has floral relicts down the whole rachis below the fingers.

Lau

03-08-2015, 10:27 PM

The two new flowers and the one with the bunch and flower are on the same mat. I will leave the flower and see what it looks like in a few weeks. Thanks for all your help. I will check out Misi Luki. :woohoonaner:

I_GROWER

03-12-2015, 09:31 AM

I suspect it to be a namwah
http://i.imgur.com/UdjYR8z.jpg

crazy banana

03-13-2015, 01:05 PM

7 bunches in 2015 so far, but unfortunately the mats got hit by some early morning cold temperatures in December and do not have too many good leaves to support the maturing bunches.

Photo 1: Tall Namwah #1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57523&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57523&ppuser=13376)

Photo 2: Tall Namwah #2
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57524&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57524&ppuser=13376)

Photo 3: Dwarf Namwah
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57525&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57525&ppuser=13376)

Photo 4: Pisang Ceylon
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57526&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57526&ppuser=13376)

Photo 5: Dwarf Brazilian in the front, two Blue Java bunches of different ages in background
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57527&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57527&ppuser=13376)

Not pictured are 2 "Temple banana" infloresences. One was choking and the second one looked pathetic with no supporting leaves. They both went to good use in the compost pile.
Prognosis for the remainder of 2015: maybe 13 to 17 more bunches...:birthdaynana:

robguz24

03-16-2015, 01:54 PM

My first Veinte Cohol. This sad little bunch may not develop. A couple weeks before flowering it got toppled in a wind storm. I'm surprised it flowered at all. Only has 2 green leaves left on it. Took 15 months in a spot in between two very big mats.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_5986_zpsn7vj4vcp.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_5986_zpsn7vj4vcp.jpg.html)

Nicolas Naranja

03-19-2015, 04:24 PM

Common Harton Plantain

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20150315_192957_zpsoho5a4cd.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20150315_192957_zpsoho5a4cd.jpg.html)

keybrdkid09

03-19-2015, 05:41 PM

zebrina.

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd412/keybrdkid09/8bb03523-318e-4bfb-8751-901c5bce1913_zps8gi6tf19.jpg (http://s1218.photobucket.com/user/keybrdkid09/media/8bb03523-318e-4bfb-8751-901c5bce1913_zps8gi6tf19.jpg.html)

enigma99a

03-22-2015, 02:01 AM

Here is what is blooming right now. (March 21st)

First my Ice Cream, which looks like a Namwah. New flower is pushing out and the other flower came out in early December.

http://i57.tinypic.com/2s8s8kz.jpg

Another view of the Namwah flower dropping into the Hibiscus below.
http://i61.tinypic.com/693jfs.jpg

This is a Misi Luki that got fried from the New Year's Day freeze. But I'm letting it go to see what it might do.

http://i61.tinypic.com/2cgzkeq.jpg

JCA433

03-23-2015, 11:04 AM

Goldfinger has flowered again.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57547&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57547&ppuser=7368)

crazy banana

04-03-2015, 02:04 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51746 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51746)

This is the banana cultivar being sold in the United States as the Goldfinger and did not want it to be confused with the real FHIA-01 Goldfinger developed in Honduras.

Now you got me confused: so "American Goldfinger" is something different than FHIA 1? Is this something like the "Blue Java phenomenon"?

robguz24

04-03-2015, 02:15 PM

Any ideas what the American "Goldfinger" could be?

Nicolas Naranja

04-03-2015, 05:23 PM

What is the difference? What are your sources? I have noticed that TARS has had to classify a bunch of their accessions as unknown. The trade here is pretty much supplied completely by Agristarts, so it is likely some mutation during the tissue culture process. I know they have some variants in Australia.

swamp yankee

04-05-2015, 04:45 PM

Yahoo - this is the first time in all my years (almost 10) that I have bananas started this early. I'm in NE Florida, is this the right time? Last year I had one start in August and it shriveled and fell off. Last fall I fed them, they got beat up pretty good this winter with the cold and I had to cut them all back.

Anyway, pretty exciting to me.

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu43/RoadKing904/IMG_20150403_174010_zpsq29iv30i.jpg

PR-Giants

04-05-2015, 04:58 PM

it is likely some mutation during the tissue culture process.

It is more likely the original donor supplied an incorrect plant.

Identification and characterization guide for FHIA banana and plantain hybrids (http://www.musalit.org/seeMore.php?id=11677)

This guide is much easier to use when you have the correct plants.

I've grown both plants from pups and from tissue cultures and the differences are obvious.

I have noticed that TARS has had to classify a bunch of their accessions as unknown.

That's been going on for years and you probably also noticed that many are not really unknown but were just removed for being incorrect, e.g., a donor supplies multiple plants, the GM gets listed as the Cav, the Cav gets listed as the GM, and then they're both removed for being incorrect.

venturabananas

04-05-2015, 05:26 PM

I've grown both plants from pups and from tissue cultures and the differences are obvious.

What are the main differences when you've grow the two varieties side by side? Any idea what the "American Goldfinger" is?

Brian_Banana

04-05-2015, 07:42 PM

swamp yankee

04-05-2015, 09:25 PM

Brian, I don't know. Haven't had anyone be able to id them for me. I will get another picture tomorrow or Tuesday, maybe get some help with the type.

thanks,
rick

Lau

04-05-2015, 09:54 PM

Correct, and I would recommend members to grow them side by side and see for themselves.

Do you have pictures of both plant? This is my Maybe Goldfinger.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57575&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57575)

Lau

04-06-2015, 06:37 PM

Thanks for the photos. Yes I thought it was everything but a Goldfinger. The plant does have a hairy peduncle. I also found an older photo that shows the bunch position in relation to Pseudostem and the revolute bracts.

The male bud shape on my Goldfinger plant looks so different from the FHIA-01 in the Identification Guide. Thanks again for the photos its nice to view all the different Goldfinger flowers. Have you tried the fruit from the different Goldfinger plants? If you have is the flavor the same from each plant?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57578&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57578) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57575&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57575)

The plant is green to light green with abundant dark brown blotches.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57330&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57330&ppuser=16716) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57331&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57331&ppuser=16716)

swamp yankee

04-07-2015, 09:43 AM

Lau

04-07-2015, 05:29 PM

Yes, the rachis is normally mostly clean in tall Namwah, but sometimes the floral relicts hang on for a while. Give it some time and see what it looks like. Also, "medium Namwah" ("Misi Luki") retains floral relicts beneath the female fingers and down for a foot or two before the rachis becomes clean. And Dwarf Namwah has floral relicts down the whole rachis below the fingers.

I took another picture of that plant and it looks like it could be Misi Luki Namwah. What do you think?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57590&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57590&ppuser=16716)

Lau

04-07-2015, 05:40 PM

22' Goldfinger

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52285 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52285)

12.5' Goldfinger

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52575 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52575)

12' Goldfinger

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52607 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52607)

Are these three Goldfinger Plants the same?

venturabananas

04-07-2015, 06:02 PM

That is how my "Misi Luki Namwahs" look. If the fruit look and taste like Namwah, then I'd say that's what you have. Very much a bulletproof plant in my climate.

I took another picture of that plant and it looks like it could be Misi Luki Namwah. What do you think?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57590&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57590&ppuser=16716)

venturabananas

04-08-2015, 01:23 AM

Here is the picture I took yesterday, seems like they are growing quickly. If anyone has any input on the ants, I'd appreciate it. Not sure if pesticide is the way to go or not. Also if I should be doing anything to feed etc.

I'm such a newbie...

thanks!http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu43/RoadKing904/banana040715A_zpseqswmxap.jpg

Given your location and the appearance of the plant, it is probably Orinoco.

I wouldn't worry about the ants. It does't need anything special. Just keep it watered and give it a regular fertilizer, like you would normally.

venturabananas

04-08-2015, 01:30 AM

You have the FHIA-01 growing at Quail Gardens, and you can always use the guide.

Sure, but I'm not growing anything obtained as Goldfinger/FHIA-01. Given that you are growing many varieties, including the real FHIA-01 and "American Goldfinger", many of us are wondering what YOU think "American Goldfinger" is.

I_GROWER

04-08-2015, 03:05 PM

this was her before i took you good folks suggested (removed pup) but ended up transplanting to the front yard. didnt have the heart to kill her, she grew up nicely
http://i.imgur.com/rcuj5pz.jpg

http://www.bananas.org/f12/verigated-leaf-19185.html
excuse the spelling..

http://i57.tinypic.com/f58t2w.jpg

mysor?
http://i62.tinypic.com/e2eeh.jpg

how do i know if she still has BSV as some of suggest.

willl the fruit show signs of it?

robguz24

04-08-2015, 06:01 PM

Dwarf Gros Michel (no idea what specific kind or if it is even a true GM). Came back from 2 weeks in Ecuador to find it has bloomed after a year in the ground. http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_6653_zpsgnkomdaf.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_6653_zpsgnkomdaf.jpg.html)

PR-Giants

04-09-2015, 07:07 AM

Are these three Goldfinger Plants the same?

No, it was just a way of saying every banana shouldn't be called a Goldfinger.

Click on the photo, the name should appear in the title.

swamp yankee

04-10-2015, 03:16 PM

This is the last one I'll trouble you with for awhile, or until I get in trouble.
This morning another couple purple leaves dropped off to reveal another row.
Thanks for your support.

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu43/RoadKing904/banana040715A_zpseqswmxap.jpg

Richard

04-10-2015, 03:21 PM

This is the last one I'll trouble you with for awhile, or until I get in trouble.
This morning another couple purple leaves dropped off to reveal another row.
Thanks for your support.

Please add your location to your profile, so that it shows up next to your posts. Thanks!
:08:

Nicolas Naranja

04-18-2015, 06:51 PM

It is more likely the original donor supplied an incorrect plant.

I don't know what happened because what I have came from Agristarts 5-6 years ago and matches the descriptors. The plant is about 12' tall has a hanging bunch and the bracts lift one at a time.

Lau

04-18-2015, 10:08 PM

Here are some descriptors, 6.4.5 - 6.4.13 - 6.4.15

Honduras, FHIA-01 (http://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/content/02hnd00434-fhia-01-0)

India, FHIA-01 (http://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/content/01ind349626-fhia-01-0)

Australia, Goldfinger (http://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/content/01aus0434-goldfinger-0)

Thanks for the FHIA info. I have been looking at the descriptors and my plant seems to be too tall to be a true Goldfinger plant. Other things in the descriptors don't match. The hairless Peduncle on the Ind FHIA-01 and very hair 2mm of the Aus FHIA-01. Maybe it is a different FHIA plant. Maybe FHIA-18. I will have to look up that plant.

:banana_ba Susan

PR-Giants

04-25-2015, 06:46 PM

I don't know what happened because what I have came from Agristarts 5-6 years ago and matches the descriptors. The plant is about 12' tall has a hanging bunch and the bracts lift one at a time.

It's fairly common, most people just want to believe the name it came with is the correct name and they look for the descriptors that match. Don't waste your time searching for the descriptors that are a common match for many or most cultivars (6.3.12 - leaf color – GREEN), instead look for descriptors that set it apart (6.4.15 - male bud shape). The real FHIA-01 is very easy to identify by the male bud and for what it's worth the plants I've grown have all been about 8' to 9' tall.

AlekLO

04-26-2015, 07:15 AM

I enjoy looking at these pictures. :)

servatusprime

04-26-2015, 03:29 PM

Fhia-3!! (Supposedly) The photo doesn't really show how long the flower is but I'm surprised in comparison to my other varieties.

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/B31CE18B-429A-4B5F-B6AC-77572A1306A5_zps2omxfhxq.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/B31CE18B-429A-4B5F-B6AC-77572A1306A5_zps2omxfhxq.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo B31CE18B-429A-4B5F-B6AC-77572A1306A5_zps2omxfhxq.jpg"/></a>

Double mahoi Bunch support?!?!??.......ain't nobody got time for dat
Hard to see but my first double bunch was on a "forked" pendicule the second one has two distinct pendicules. Last time I let it flower so as to make room for the other varieties I have starting immediately adjacent.

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/B976F733-E315-478C-9C79-7E033D633D38_zpszsf4bq2o.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/B976F733-E315-478C-9C79-7E033D633D38_zpszsf4bq2o.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo B976F733-E315-478C-9C79-7E033D633D38_zpszsf4bq2o.jpg"/></a>

Lau

04-26-2015, 10:08 PM

[QUOTE=PR-Giants;258763]You are looking at this in a very scientific manner and you should be able to continue narrowing down the possibilities.

Thanks. I do love a good mystery. :goteam: I took a look at the AAA classification Accession name "Williams" and the Peduncle was a match Very hairy, short hairs (similar to velvet touch). Is the Very hairy, short hairs velvet touch something that all AAA Species/Group have?

The male bud shape doesn't look the same as the pictures I took of my plant. I cut the bud off, so I can not do a comparison. The fruit shape is similar. The bunch is still hanging and the mat produces fruit every year. Next time I will take pictures that match the pictures in the Musa Germplasm Information System.

Thanks Susan :banana_ba

merce3

04-27-2015, 06:58 AM

pitogo bloomed and aborted all flowers. my ele ele also bloomed, but the bunch is puny. i will post pics later today.

Lau

04-27-2015, 09:50 AM

servatusprime

05-02-2015, 09:22 AM

[QUOTE=servatusprime;258782]Fhia-3!! (Supposedly) The photo doesn't really show how long the flower is but I'm surprised in comparison to my other varieties.

How tall is your FHIA 3 plant? The picture looks great. I have a baby (supposedly FHIA 3) growing in my yard too. If it gets that big I'm going to have to move it to a different location. Right now it is only 3 inches tall.

Susan

Just shy of 9' the flower on this plant is huge relative to its size.

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/C8450A03-B169-4828-B956-B2E58390AC03_zpsj8dnyeje.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/C8450A03-B169-4828-B956-B2E58390AC03_zpsj8dnyeje.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo C8450A03-B169-4828-B956-B2E58390AC03_zpsj8dnyeje.jpg"/></a>

robguz24

05-09-2015, 11:45 AM

My first Green Red. Sold to me at Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden as an Ele Ele. Almost 19 months to flower at about 14' high. Pretty fast for a shady spot and much happier than the Tall Red I have.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/7561622E-E365-4A62-84FE-DABC166153D7_zps0vezuzwg.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/7561622E-E365-4A62-84FE-DABC166153D7_zps0vezuzwg.jpg.html)

I_GROWER

05-18-2015, 01:54 PM

unknow gift..

I thought it was a Rajapuri , but i notice 3 flower brackets drop over the weekend.

http://s14.postimg.org/ba4da1qsh/20150516_131754.jpg

now we wait.

Nicolas Naranja

05-22-2015, 12:38 PM

Common Hartón from TARS, I am really happy with this one so far.
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/76d075c2-c0b0-487e-a5c6-b7fd61055ec6_zpssfminpse.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/76d075c2-c0b0-487e-a5c6-b7fd61055ec6_zpssfminpse.jpg.html)

Pretty sure this is Paggi from TARS, I have 3, the fruit from the other two was good.
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/7d79993e-58b7-4f4b-804a-6f10fc4385b1_zpsqddcsc6m.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/7d79993e-58b7-4f4b-804a-6f10fc4385b1_zpsqddcsc6m.jpg.html)

Came to me as Jamaican Lacatan, most certainly is not Jamaican Lacatan. Resistant to Sigatoka, I thought it might be FHIA-1, but looking at the male flower it is most definitely not.
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/cc6f41d9-51d1-412a-bc38-c58b5fbb03a5_zpscjbqjiks.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/cc6f41d9-51d1-412a-bc38-c58b5fbb03a5_zpscjbqjiks.jpg.html)

mskin

06-01-2015, 08:27 AM

Saba & Mysore - both first time flowers from tissue culture plants.

Hammocked Banana

06-01-2015, 04:12 PM

How tall is the pstem? Looks a little short for saba

mskin

06-02-2015, 07:51 AM

Saba P-Stem is probably 13-15 feet. The lowest hand on the bunch is hanging at about 10-11 feet. Like I said - this is a first time bloom from a tissue culture plant - both of them are not in full sun at all.

I separated a corm heavy pup from the saba and planted it in a full sun location to test the difference.

More pics of the bloom of "saba".

sal

06-11-2015, 01:46 PM

My Orinoco, I have had it for almost 2 years. Its about 10 to 11 feet tall. Yesterday, I think I spotted a flag leaf!! It has about 6 pups ranging from 5 feet to a foot tall.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58052&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58052&ppuser=16687)

what do you guys think? Is it or is it not?

Richard

06-11-2015, 02:07 PM

what do you guys think? Is it or is it not?
Maybe a pre-flag leaf? You'll know on the next leaf for sure!

Nicolas Naranja

06-12-2015, 09:22 AM

FHIA-23...Finally
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/20150611_174646_zpsqysv8z8p.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/20150611_174646_zpsqysv8z8p.jpg.html)

sal

06-15-2015, 11:16 AM

Maybe a pre-flag leaf? You'll know on the next leaf for sure!

Coming up Next! lol
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58061&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58061&limit=recent)
:birthdaynana::goteam::woohoonaner:
Flower started popping out. This my first time with a flowering banana plant!! Let's see how many fingers I get.

robguz24

06-20-2015, 11:08 AM

The lot I bought last August is beginning to provide fruit! This small TC Goldfinger was planted 10 months ago and is flowering at 7'. The plant is clearly different from those I got that started life at Agristarts.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7003_zpsnndnojvv.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7003_zpsnndnojvv.jpg.html)

Arachnotron

06-21-2015, 04:06 PM

Praying hands:

https://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y505/arachn0tr0n/prayinghands_01_zpsfiifd0o9.jpg

https://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y505/arachn0tr0n/prayinghands_02_zpsaqelog7z.jpg~original

Sorry for the cell phone pics...

robguz24

06-23-2015, 12:26 PM

This one came from Novelty Greens, the main supplier for Hawaii out of Hilo. I have FHIA-2,3, 17,23, and 25. Most are very recent (planted within the past month) except the 2 which came from Agristarts initially. I've had the fruit of these same sourced Goldfingers and they seemed to match other descriptions and I found them exceptional, as I did the 2 I grew. Yangambi is one I've love to get my hands on and is supposedly grown somewhere on my island. The others I doubt are here except Grand Nain which I've grown but took out.

Going Bananas

06-23-2015, 03:23 PM

Richard

06-23-2015, 04:27 PM

I guess this question is for growers that mimics or comes close to SoCals 10A zone.
Your 10A zone is characterized by cold and sometimes freezing winter temperatures, with warm but low humidity summers. Tropic conditions for bananas have record low temperatures of 55-65F and non-winter humidity over 90%. That humidity acts like a warming oven, whereas our lack of humidity causes warmth to be stripped away by ocean breezes.

This thread is mainly about what banana plants are blooming in your garden. For more information on cultivars for southern CA, please find one of the existing threads or start a new one.
:08:

Going Bananas

06-23-2015, 05:13 PM

PRG Thank You!

Im reeeeally hoping that Mona Lisa/FHIA2
tc from FHN is real now.
The Bonanza FHIA18 made the top 10.
Hopefully by early next year I can post pics in this thread.
Awesome!

Cheers!

robguz24

06-23-2015, 07:22 PM

Rob
Out of curiosity and purely on speed of maturity/growth...
which variety is a rocket for you from plant to harvest?

Or any one else that has experience in growing many varieties.
I guess this question is for growers that mimics
or comes close to SoCals 10A zone.
PRG on one thread mentioned
Hua Moa and Tigua @297/291 days respectively.
Thats Lambhorgini faaaaaast!

Any thoughts?

It difficult to answer with any meaning to it. Often new ones I plant are fast because they have full sun, less competition, and nothing has ever grown in that spot. Another spot in the yard may yield wildly different results and certainly elsewhere on the island, to say nothing of outside of Hawaii. That said. I've gotten blooms in 10 months or so on Goldfinger, Agristarts "Goldfinger", Mona Lisa, 1000 fingers from TC. My 1000 fingers pup from a different source took 4 years! So anything I could tell you isn't so useful. Studies or observations under more controlled and consistent settings, such as what PR-Giants posted, are much more useful.

Going Bananas

06-23-2015, 07:38 PM

It takes you longer to grow bananas but you can calibrate the numbers.

Good decision to stay away from Agristarts Fake Goldfinger.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51178 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51178)

PRG
Am I reading this correctly?
According to your chart, the parentage
of the FHIA 18 & 01 are the same...
Prata Ana x SH 3142?

The FHIA 17 & 23 you have both
listed as Highgate x SH3362.

I wonder if its the same with hibridizing in palm culture
where the mother would be the first listed
whereas the pollen donor father
would be on the other side of the x.

Pls clarify.

Thanx.

Going Bananas

06-23-2015, 07:52 PM

Lau

06-23-2015, 09:52 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58130&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58130)

Unknown Banana Plant. First bloom

JCA433

06-24-2015, 12:25 PM

Another Namwah bloom!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58134&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58134&ppuser=7368)

Precious and few are the really good things in life!

PR-Giants

06-24-2015, 02:44 PM

Ok
PRG I stand corrected!
Thanx for pointing that out.

If you add the the two numbers (from the table)
from planting days to harvest days,
the SH 3640 is 4th in terms of speed of growth/maturity.
Gran Nain was third @295days.
FHIA 2 & 18 was 5th & 6th from the list.

I wonder where the Namwah, DB, mysore and the rest fall in the list?

Thanx.

A ton of naners are blooming, 2 many 2 list.:waving:

@GB
This was a study on synthetic hybrid bananas with a few local cultivars as a reference. I only included a few from the study.

If you're looking to grow FHIA, go with the SH-3640 it tastes best and grows fast. The FHIA-03 grows fast and is probably the best for colder climates.
Be careful of info from members with misidentified bananas.
I harvested 3 FHIA-02 bunches today and all went into the compost, the bunches that went into the house today were Veinte Cohol, Verdin, Morado, Dwarf Brazilian, Manzano, & SH-3640.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52777 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52777)

Going Bananas

06-24-2015, 03:42 PM

I guess this is what makes this site/hobby
worthwhile as Forest Gump said so eloquently...
"Life is like a box of chocolates...

Thank you PRG.

PR-Giants

06-24-2015, 07:04 PM

I guess this is what makes this site/hobby
worthwhile as Forest Gump said so eloquently...
"Life is like a box of chocolates...

Thank you PRG.

Yeah but it doesn't
take 2 to 3 years to bite
into a piece of chocolate
to see what you got.

Nicolas Naranja

06-24-2015, 08:25 PM

FHIA-23
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/20150624_194204_zpsq6cvmggm.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150624_194204_zpsq6cvmggm.jpg.html)

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/20150624_194243_zpspibhhtwn.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150624_194243_zpspibhhtwn.jpg.html)

Blue Java
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/20150624_194215_zpsgk51wcvf.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150624_194215_zpsgk51wcvf.jpg.html)

Going Bananas

06-24-2015, 08:59 PM

Yeah but it doesn't
take 2 to 3 years to bite
into a piece of chocolate
to see what you got.

Youre right again!:bananas_b

I jumped the gun when I saw how
cheap the tc was from the more popular
and well respected retailer.

PR-Giants

06-25-2015, 08:05 AM

Youre right again!:bananas_b

I jumped the gun when I saw how
cheap the tc was from the more popular
and well respected retailer.

Tc's are fine and if done correctly can
really help commercial farmers. In the
US they are done as ornamental plants
so the screening procedures are skipped
and you guys get a higher percentage of
viruses than the commercial growing regions
in rest of the world, cheap still has a cost.

Going Bananas

06-25-2015, 02:47 PM

Nicolas N

Your FHIA23 looks like a sequoia tree of naners!
Is that the thickest trunked fruiting banana?
What do you feed that thing...alligator meat?

Impressive!

Nicolas Naranja

06-25-2015, 03:36 PM

Nicolas N

Your FHIA23 looks like a sequoia tree of naners!
Is that the thickest trunked fruiting banana?
What do you feed that thing...alligator meat?

Impressive!

Not by a long shot. Kandrian is probably twice as large. I would say FHIA-23 is a standard sized plant.

brod

06-27-2015, 02:46 AM

My Dwarf Brazillian is having its first flowering. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/Brodklop/20150627_110827_zpsh05ebe2w.jpg (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/Brodklop/media/20150627_110827_zpsh05ebe2w.jpg.html)

robguz24

06-27-2015, 06:25 PM

More fruit coming from the lot I bought last August. Both of these took 10 months to flower.

Dwarf Namwah
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7047_zps9gjttygr.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7047_zps9gjttygr.jpg.html)

Hua Moa
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7049_zpsgfho9rvl.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7049_zpsgfho9rvl.jpg.html)

siege2050

07-09-2015, 05:13 PM

What I am pretty sure is Tall Orinoco based on how well they did under the house in winter, my phone does not zoom in very clearly but you can see the spear shaped bloom/bracts emerging at the top of the tallest. Hopefully we will be able to confirm that is what it is when flowers start showing.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58274&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58274)

I_GROWER

07-11-2015, 07:56 AM

I_GROWER

07-11-2015, 08:09 AM

/\ that guy up there and guy below are not the same!

unknow gift..

I thought it was a Rajapuri , but i notice 3 flower brackets drop over the weekend.

http://s14.postimg.org/ba4da1qsh/20150516_131754.jpg

now we wait.

Here are some comparisons of the flag leaf n flag leaf coloring

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58284&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58284)

Any ideas?

Lau

07-12-2015, 05:30 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58291&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58291)

I got this plant from my neighbor. He never let the bananas develope so I don't know what kind it is. The flower is very colorful when it opens.:goteam:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58346&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58346)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58345&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58345)

Lau

07-12-2015, 05:35 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58293&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58293)

Another Namwah :woohoonaner:

Lau

07-12-2015, 08:58 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58282&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58282&limit=recent)

2nd generation of unknown dwarf

leaning towards rajipuri , need to confirm if other rajis have a flag leaf that is totally green and has a "big flappy" flag leaf .

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54607&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54607)

This is my Raji Puri

venturabananas

07-13-2015, 12:24 AM

I got this plant from my neighbor. He never let the bananas develope so I don't know what kind it is. The flower is very colorful when it opens.:goteam:

It looks like you think it might be Orinoco, from the photo name. I think that's a good guess. The fruit are so distinctive that you'll know soon.

siege2050

07-15-2015, 02:05 PM

Tall Orinoco.............I think.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58310&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58310)

Lau

07-20-2015, 09:34 PM

venturabananas

07-21-2015, 12:48 AM

Looks like Orinoco. They have beautiful, colorful flowers and widely spaced fingers.

fisherking73

07-26-2015, 10:24 PM

We got this mystery pup from a friend at work, wife had some at work and of course took no pictures LOL She described it as smaller and fatter than a cavendish. So thinking some sort of manzano banana? Flowers at ends of bananas are clear/white. hands of 16, in rows of 8 (not sure if that is same for all bananas, new at this) Very excited we got it to come this far, hope it has a good fruit set.

servatusprime

07-28-2015, 05:56 PM

Got a mat of 3640 with three blooming p-stems. I'm gonna have a billion bananas this winter.

servatusprime

07-29-2015, 11:08 AM

Hopefully you'll be able to identify it this year but you know it's not a 3640.

Good Luck :goteam:

Oh boy...........Photos taken today (sorry for the bad lighting, its been very cloudy and rainy lately).

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/E561829D-ED49-48FE-BB52-7BB043B2F684_zpsga9rtvpw.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/E561829D-ED49-48FE-BB52-7BB043B2F684_zpsga9rtvpw.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo E561829D-ED49-48FE-BB52-7BB043B2F684_zpsga9rtvpw.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/F7525CB6-B8A4-4BB9-B8F1-737527F9E903_zpscgfmxtko.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/F7525CB6-B8A4-4BB9-B8F1-737527F9E903_zpscgfmxtko.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo F7525CB6-B8A4-4BB9-B8F1-737527F9E903_zpscgfmxtko.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/B77FEDF8-A500-4D71-8039-CA109AC8A53E_zpshbk4p4ub.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/B77FEDF8-A500-4D71-8039-CA109AC8A53E_zpshbk4p4ub.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo B77FEDF8-A500-4D71-8039-CA109AC8A53E_zpshbk4p4ub.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/0FF0E8B5-0225-4B78-ABBD-6CFE25DD24D6_zpsqdxvbtoi.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/0FF0E8B5-0225-4B78-ABBD-6CFE25DD24D6_zpsqdxvbtoi.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 0FF0E8B5-0225-4B78-ABBD-6CFE25DD24D6_zpsqdxvbtoi.jpg"/></a>

My goldfinger just because..............

<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/4BAD372D-31E0-41A8-A1A0-C83F45087012_zpsf6h2tddg.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/4BAD372D-31E0-41A8-A1A0-C83F45087012_zpsf6h2tddg.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 4BAD372D-31E0-41A8-A1A0-C83F45087012_zpsf6h2tddg.jpg"/></a>

Yuri Barros

08-02-2015, 06:10 PM

JULY / AUGUST - 2015

THIS IS A COMMON BRAZILIAN CAVENDISH............

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58416&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58416)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58417&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58417)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58414&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58414&ppuser=11331)

THIS ONE CAME FROM THAILAND...........

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58323&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58323&ppuser=11331)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58398&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58398&ppuser=11331)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58410&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58410&ppuser=11331)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58406&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58406&ppuser=11331)

Dalmatiansoap

08-03-2015, 02:07 PM

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG5166_zps1uwymh5s.jpg (http://s730.photobucket.com/user/dalmatiansoap/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG5166_zps1uwymh5s.jpg.html)
D. Namwah

J B

08-04-2015, 08:50 AM

Viente Cohol 7 hands so far 08/04/2015

http://http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb469/HKShooter2/Viente%20Cohol%20Banana/V%20C%20BunchManini%20amp%20Patupi%208-4-15%20002_zpsagziekcy.jpg (http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/HKShooter2/media/Viente%20Cohol%20Banana/V%20C%20BunchManini%20amp%20Patupi%208-4-15%20002_zpsagziekcy.jpg.html)

geosulcata

08-11-2015, 08:28 AM

Ubok Iba Banana - been in the ground about 9 months
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tTgQmrB71Gk/VcjChTad-gI/AAAAAAAAAt4/IG-HLziZlEk/s912-Ic42/IMG_8138.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I9EGIKDrV4k/Vcn0ttNPl_I/AAAAAAAAAuw/Imlcs0iMrJY/s800-Ic42/IMG_8195.jpg

Also blooming in our yard now are dwarf orinoco, raja puri, and my favorite - sweetheart.
https://scontent-atl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/11855736_855565577811865_8860292543158305563_n.jpg?oh=3e3998ef71 699075e9cf0eb515e10246&oe=56496882

We have 38 banana varieties planted in the yard now (thanks to Rmplmnz for many of our new additions)

venturabananas

08-11-2015, 11:47 AM

... and my favorite - sweetheart.

I haven't tried Sweetheart. What makes it your favorite?

It's one I've been thinking about trying, but something else would have to get the axe to make room for it.

geosulcata

08-11-2015, 01:38 PM

I haven't tried Sweetheart. What makes it your favorite?

It's one I've been thinking about trying, but something else would have to get the axe to make room for it.

It is my current favorite due to superior disease resistance, height is decent for cutting off individual hands, flavor is very good whether eaten when freshly turned yellow or slightly over ripe. The leaves of ours are also fairly wind tolerant - though the leaves of PRGiants sweetheart look pretty tattered. It was planted at the same time as a Goldfinger and Kandarian in the same mat and has grown at double the rate. It is a nice/ stout looking plant. I do prop when fruiting due to the heavy bunch weight. Seems the most tolerant of water and fertilization fluctuations as well.

robguz24

08-19-2015, 03:01 PM

My yard has been happy lately. 3 fizzled hurricanes have brought record breaking heat, humidity, and the first above normal rainfall month in 9 months.

Praying Hands
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7249_zpsd9vpfxvj.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7249_zpsd9vpfxvj.jpg.html)

Agristarts Mona Lisa
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7251_zps1pmfytmy.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7251_zps1pmfytmy.jpg.html)

3 bunches of 1000 Fingers, and a fourth out of frame to the left.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7253_zpscwtjfgzi.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7253_zpscwtjfgzi.jpg.html)

Local TC from Novelty Greens of "Goldfinger" which it clearly is not. However, matches Goldfinger in some respects including the fruit taste and ease at which fingers come off before totally ripe as on Dwarf Brazilian. Messy Rachis here looks pretty much like a DB.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7256_zpsjv4nebjk.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7256_zpsjv4nebjk.jpg.html)

Agristarts "Goldfinger" clearly another which is not, but again is similar to GF descriptions in other ways.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7262_zpsixm9f6jx.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7262_zpsixm9f6jx.jpg.html)

My first Dwarf Puerto Rican Plantain. Got this from Chris Carter a year ago. Was a sad little thing with the corm cut back severely due to corm weevils. Seems pretty happy now. about 6.5 feet tall.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7258_zpsnpcz470r.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7258_zpsnpcz470r.jpg.html)

Sad Hua Moa. P-stem split halfway through its growth, but it survived and fruited.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7265_zpsmkvzooux.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7265_zpsmkvzooux.jpg.html)

Happy Hua Moa, from another source. Didn't split. But hardly an impressive bunch.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7270_zpstzis9phw.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7270_zpstzis9phw.jpg.html)

Mysore with 13 hands! The biggest I've had so far. This is the first bunch and surprisingly short for a Mysore, about 9-10 feet.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7272_zpsywyi9gvm.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7272_zpsywyi9gvm.jpg.html)

servatusprime

08-30-2015, 11:35 AM

Hey PR,

Hope you are well. I am a special kind of person as you say. I believe the variety that you and I have debated the most about was the 3640. However, I haven't cut off the male bud this time on my "fools goldfinger". There is no way it's a goldfinger. I'll have to post a current picture when I get the chance. So I admit that I was mistaken. I should have grown out the male bud on previous bunches before so as to avoid misidentifying. Not sure what it is exactly but I love the fruit off of it. It's my favorite of all I have tried.

Edit: photos below....
My fools gold finger
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/568356D7-F205-45DA-905A-2CE74D52311B_zpsfjbjelle.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/568356D7-F205-45DA-905A-2CE74D52311B_zpsfjbjelle.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 568356D7-F205-45DA-905A-2CE74D52311B_zpsfjbjelle.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/DF746484-9A20-42AF-B39C-65541E1939CB_zpsxikqzx4f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/DF746484-9A20-42AF-B39C-65541E1939CB_zpsxikqzx4f.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DF746484-9A20-42AF-B39C-65541E1939CB_zpsxikqzx4f.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/B49D7BC9-E173-4741-8258-281EF4505A54_zpsxn4qzdso.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/B49D7BC9-E173-4741-8258-281EF4505A54_zpsxn4qzdso.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo B49D7BC9-E173-4741-8258-281EF4505A54_zpsxn4qzdso.jpg"/></a>

SH3640
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/4B4F908E-0593-442D-90EC-B04790D4D9A9_zps0jy29399.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/4B4F908E-0593-442D-90EC-B04790D4D9A9_zps0jy29399.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 4B4F908E-0593-442D-90EC-B04790D4D9A9_zps0jy29399.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/F904C08D-DA40-4A9B-935C-D542BD3EFD0B_zpskrdgx8wu.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/F904C08D-DA40-4A9B-935C-D542BD3EFD0B_zpskrdgx8wu.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo F904C08D-DA40-4A9B-935C-D542BD3EFD0B_zpskrdgx8wu.jpg"/></a>
<a href="http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/servatusprime/media/B0145E0A-30B8-4B63-A8F4-2982699891FD_zpsxuoiyopj.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a600/servatusprime/B0145E0A-30B8-4B63-A8F4-2982699891FD_zpsxuoiyopj.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo B0145E0A-30B8-4B63-A8F4-2982699891FD_zpsxuoiyopj.jpg"/></a>

Rmplmnz

09-06-2015, 06:11 PM

Permalink:
Rmplmnz Garden Tour - Page 6 - Bananas.org (http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?p=264489#post264489)

19 Blooms/Racemes

Dwarf Brazilian (3)
Thai Black
Hua Moa
Praying Hands
Ae Ae
Monkey Finger
Ele Ele
Saba
Orinoco
Pitogo (2)
Lavender Ornatas (3)
Unknamed FHIA
Rajapuri
Rose (forgot to include in video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4fiSqu5wpQ

Nicolas Naranja

09-10-2015, 01:04 PM

Dwarf Brazillian

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/20150910_080406_zpsfqpjjugl.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150910_080406_zpsfqpjjugl.jpg.html)

FHIA-18...I will get a positive ID on it in a few days now that I have more characters to evaluate with.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/20150910_080351_zpstimodwrr.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150910_080351_zpstimodwrr.jpg.html)

robguz24

09-11-2015, 11:26 PM

Rose fruiting at only about 5' tall but it has several hands already. Just had a couple hands of these from keikikid. Forgot how wonderful they are!
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7553_zpsl4ptsm7n.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7553_zpsl4ptsm7n.jpg.html)

Putalinga Kula, a reddish Popoulu type. This one is my first bunch of it. About 13 months to flower. Much bigger than any Hua Moa bunch I've gotten. Looking like 7-8 hands. Gorgeous plant. Pseudostem is much more red below than in the top portion.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7555_zpshwgsxpq5.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7555_zpshwgsxpq5.jpg.html)

from the sea

09-15-2015, 06:42 PM

Saba http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_2116_zpskkwgqy3h.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_2116_zpskkwgqy3h.jpg.html)
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_2117_zpses4ariq4.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_2117_zpses4ariq4.jpg.html)
namwa
1
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_2120_zpsfknbpusq.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_2120_zpsfknbpusq.jpg.html)

2
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_2121_zpsjhocftud.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_2121_zpsjhocftud.jpg.html)

3
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_2122_zpsvxdtus0j.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_2122_zpsvxdtus0j.jpg.html)
some kind of Cavendish
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/Ssullivan_02/IMG_2123_zpsy3fukaae.jpg (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/Ssullivan_02/media/IMG_2123_zpsy3fukaae.jpg.html)

Nicolas Naranja

09-17-2015, 08:38 AM

A little bit further with this one that I believe is a FHIA-18. Thus far things are looking good

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/11a15160-cf47-4047-a85a-03bb9e9f8292_zpst5zafpgo.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/11a15160-cf47-4047-a85a-03bb9e9f8292_zpst5zafpgo.jpg.html)

Here is a FHIA-2. I think I may just move this variety to a new location. It isn't thriving where it is at.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/Mobile%20Uploads/20150915_165745_zpsj7ihy9de.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150915_165745_zpsj7ihy9de.jpg.html)

robguz24

09-19-2015, 09:08 PM

Excited to see this one flower. Got it a year ago. According to Kepler & Rust, there are only 12 in the world, or I guess 13 with mine. This is one of the ones I helped get into Ms. Kepler's TC preservation project along with Gabe and Keikikid.

Maoli Hai. Supposed to be the biggest bunches of the Maolis.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7584_zpscrt9ckib.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7584_zpscrt9ckib.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7588_zpsqj0zjram.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7588_zpsqj0zjram.jpg.html)

PR-Giants

09-22-2015, 07:17 AM

It's amazing how a large inflorescence can fit through such a skinny pseudostem.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56942 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56942)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56694 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56694)

Nicolas Naranja

09-28-2015, 12:51 PM

I hope they taste as good as they look this time around.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20150926_101952_zpsg6yqybpz.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20150926_101952_zpsg6yqybpz.jpg.html)

geosulcata

09-28-2015, 07:47 PM

Ubok Iba
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5794/21609694838_c4d77f322b_z.jpg

Gipungusi
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/631/21174843204_ca27240480.jpg

Raja Puri
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5687/21610662009_1a93abfcd9.jpg

Sweetheart
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/734/21771417406_7f765a21cc.jpg

PR-Giants

09-29-2015, 07:50 AM

Excited to see this one flower. There is only 1 in the world. :goteam:

It has many similarities to the Manini but also some very distinct differences.

Royal Variegated Boricua

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51002 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51002)

Hammocked Banana

09-29-2015, 10:56 AM

So it's a pup that came up for you? What is special about it?

HMelendez

09-29-2015, 04:51 PM

Congrats!......Wow, Awesome Keith!....looking really good!.....

orinoko

09-30-2015, 03:03 AM

Great plants both of you!

Orinoko

Mark Dragt

09-30-2015, 10:35 PM

[QUOTE=PR-Giants;265262]Excited to see this one flower. There is only 1 in the world. :goteam:

It has many similarities to the Manini but also some very distinct differences.

Royal Variegated Boricua

Only 1 in the world? Ok, tell us more. Very beautiful plant.
:nanadrink:"

JCA433

10-01-2015, 06:13 PM

Gold Finger flower

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=58923&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58923&ppuser=7368)

robguz24

10-02-2015, 08:31 PM

Agristarts "Goldfinger" busting out of the side.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7710_zpseitbuga5.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7710_zpseitbuga5.jpg.html)

2nd Tu'u Ghia bunch. More red than the first and 2 feet taller at flowering. One of my favorites.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7708_zps7gbwcgtq.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7708_zps7gbwcgtq.jpg.html)

geosulcata

10-04-2015, 06:48 PM

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/21765205739/in/dateposted-public/" title="PisangRaja"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5749/21765205739_230cf7e1ff_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="PisangRaja"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
(Pisang Raja pup from Rmplmnz)

geosulcata

10-05-2015, 03:01 PM

Agristarts "Goldfinger" busting out of the side.

My agristarts Goldfinger flowered at 4-5' tall - the fruit didn't develop correctly.

Nicolas Naranja

10-05-2015, 04:04 PM

Some kind of Cavendish from Cuba
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151005_164313_zpscgwtawmc.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151005_164313_zpscgwtawmc.jpg.html)

This one is getting low
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151005_164412_zpsucngixfx.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151005_164412_zpsucngixfx.jpg.html)

Sixteen hands on FHIA-17
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151005_164439_zpsz4vbzpdo.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151005_164439_zpsz4vbzpdo.jpg.html)

from the sea

10-07-2015, 08:41 AM

That cuban cavendish looks like one I have that I haven't been able to id, I got mine from a trailer park.

Nicolas Naranja

10-11-2015, 09:02 PM

That is one great big flower
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151011_182509_zpsneo0rgm7.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151011_182509_zpsneo0rgm7.jpg.html)

FHIA-3
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151011_182045_zpsm1o5ibdp.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151011_182045_zpsm1o5ibdp.jpg.html)

robguz24

10-11-2015, 10:41 PM

Nice to see the FHIA-3 doesn't get very tall.

Nicolas Naranja

10-13-2015, 10:10 PM

Nice to see the FHIA-3 doesn't get very tall.

I wouldn't count on it being short everywhere. TARS says it is 3.5 meters, should be slightly taller than FHIA-1. I have a FHIA-1 next to it, and it is not as tall.

geosulcata

10-14-2015, 07:15 AM

This shows the approx. height of our sweetheart (daughter is 5'4" for height reference). Both have fruited at this height for us.

You might notice our pitiful agristarts goldfinger in the back right toppled over (with messy rachis). My husband spoke with Going Bananas about the agristarts goldfinger and they think the issue isn't with the original tissue they received, but something that happened with the culture process. My husband said the FHIA1 they have growing in the field look/taste as described.

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/22162735615/in/photostream/" title="sweetheart"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/716/22162735615_d04c479ccb_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="sweetheart"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

robguz24

10-14-2015, 12:36 PM

This shows the approx. height of our sweetheart (daughter is 5'4" for height reference). Both have fruited at this height for us.

You might notice our pitiful agristarts goldfinger in the back right toppled over (with messy rachis). My husband spoke with Going Bananas about the agristarts goldfinger and they think the issue isn't with the original tissue they received, but something that happened with the culture process. My husband said the FHIA1 they have growing in the field look/taste as described.

Thanks, so it isn't a very tall one and it looks like the bunch is easy to get to. My Agristarts FHIA-01s generally collapse on themselves too. From what I understand the Going Bananas Goldfinger isn't the real thing, so whatever happened in the tissue culture process probably doesn't matter too much.

Nicolas Naranja

10-21-2015, 01:19 PM

Baloy, which is a very dwarf Cavendish. Perfect for a greenhouse.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151020_181513_zpsickjajny.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151020_181513_zpsickjajny.jpg.html)

PR-Giants

10-31-2015, 02:50 PM

How many hands on the 21?

The FHIA-03 puts out some massive bunches for such a short plant.

http://s19.postimg.org/l8vo4gbrn/FHIA_03_Oct_31_2015.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

That is one great big flower
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151011_182509_zpsneo0rgm7.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151011_182509_zpsneo0rgm7.jpg.html)

FHIA-3
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151011_182045_zpsm1o5ibdp.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151011_182045_zpsm1o5ibdp.jpg.html)

Nicolas Naranja

11-01-2015, 03:52 PM

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151101_152146_zpsgp44vscd.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151101_152146_zpsgp44vscd.jpg.html)

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151101_152210_zpswsgy7gwk.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151101_152210_zpswsgy7gwk.jpg.html)

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151101_152313_zpsrn0cbptn.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151101_152313_zpsrn0cbptn.jpg.html)

PR-Giants

11-01-2015, 06:21 PM

EHD - Jan 03, 2016

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51827 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51827)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51665 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51665)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51612 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51612)

floridagrower

11-06-2015, 09:57 PM

New video in Ultra HD of Praying Hands...
https://youtu.be/bGp2rS7YIb0

More videos...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENQaiFeTaEb-GfQV5pvJ4w

geosulcata

11-08-2015, 02:18 PM

Dare Banana - around 4' tall

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/22852430416/in/dateposted-public/" title="Dare Bananas fruiting at 4'"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5757/22852430416_63d932b873_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="Dare Bananas fruiting at 4'"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/22878395205/in/dateposted-public/" title="Dare Bananas fruiting at 4'"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5751/22878395205_8ec1581427_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="Dare Bananas fruiting at 4'"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hammocked Banana

11-08-2015, 05:54 PM

What is a dare banana? Looks like a 4' tall namwah type. If this is true, I want one!

geosulcata

11-08-2015, 08:08 PM

What is a dare banana? Looks like a 4' tall namwah type. If this is true, I want one!

This will be our first time tasting it. This cultivar is held a a few of the repositories.

PR-Giants

11-08-2015, 09:43 PM

What is a dare banana? Looks like a 4' tall namwah type. If this is true, I want one!

A Dare is in the Laknau subgroup, it's about 10' tall and is not a dwarf banana like in the photo.

Image for: TARS 18026 (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/dispimage.pl?333855)

"Distinctive cooking banana having in common a French-bunch type
and a tall pseudostem

The most relevant feature of this subdivision of the cooking banana
subgroup is that during their natural hybridization process the A genome
was transferred from the Papuan M. acuminata spp. banksii
rather than from the Asian M. acuminata (Lebot et al., 1993). Clones
under this subdivision produce fruits with organoleptic qualities similar
to those of the genuine cooking bananas. There are two Lacknau
clones in the collection, PI 23472 and PI 23479, that were originally
classified in the AAB or true plantain group (Valmayor et al., 1981), but
were later reclassified as distinctive cooking bananas (Lebot et al.,
1993; 1994). These were introduced from SIATSA, Honduras. Their
pseudostem is green. The comparison between clones demonstrated
that introduction PI 23472 developed a significantly thicker pseudostem,
required substantially more days for fruit filling, and produced
significantly heavier fruits (Table 2). There was no significant difference
between the two clones for the other plant, bunch and individual
fruit traits studied. The information obtained was not enough to maintain
a separate clonal identity. However, PI 23472 and other Lacknau
clones have been reported to possess field resistance to the corm weevil
(Cosmopolites sordidus Germar) (Irizarry et al., 1988). Clone PI 23479
has not been evaluated for this attribute. Until this evaluation is performed,
these clones should be maintained as separate entities."

geosulcata

11-09-2015, 07:14 AM

A Dare is in the Laknau subgroup, it's about 10' tall and is not a dwarf banana like in the photo.

Image for: TARS 18026 (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/dispimage.pl?333855)

"Distinctive cooking banana having in common a French-bunch type
and a tall pseudostem

The most relevant feature of this subdivision of the cooking banana
subgroup is that during their natural hybridization process the A genome
was transferred from the Papuan M. acuminata spp. banksii
rather than from the Asian M. acuminata (Lebot et al., 1993). Clones
under this subdivision produce fruits with organoleptic qualities similar
to those of the genuine cooking bananas. There are two Lacknau
clones in the collection, PI 23472 and PI 23479, that were originally
classified in the AAB or true plantain group (Valmayor et al., 1981), but
were later reclassified as distinctive cooking bananas (Lebot et al.,
1993; 1994). These were introduced from SIATSA, Honduras. Their
pseudostem is green. The comparison between clones demonstrated
that introduction PI 23472 developed a significantly thicker pseudostem,
required substantially more days for fruit filling, and produced
significantly heavier fruits (Table 2). There was no significant difference
between the two clones for the other plant, bunch and individual
fruit traits studied. The information obtained was not enough to maintain
a separate clonal identity. However, PI 23472 and other Lacknau
clones have been reported to possess field resistance to the corm weevil
(Cosmopolites sordidus Germar) (Irizarry et al., 1988). Clone PI 23479
has not been evaluated for this attribute. Until this evaluation is performed,
these clones should be maintained as separate entities."

Ours came from GRIN (from the field) in Miami. We also received Poni from GRIN - but the TARS sight shows Poni as something different (not a purple variant of Ele Ele, as I had thought Poni was described other places).

PR-Giants

11-09-2015, 08:27 AM

Ours came from GRIN (from the field) in Miami. We also received Poni from GRIN - but the TARS sight shows Poni as something different (not a purple variant of Ele Ele, as I had thought Poni was described other places).

Miami received their Dare Laknua from the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain on 15-Dec-1993.

TARS received their Dare Laknua from Miami on 25-Oct-2006.

After examining the 3 Laknua accessions, TARS concluded they were all the same plant and now only offers 1 accession.

...however their photos of Poni do not look anything like bananas in the Maoli group.

Probably because TARS lists their Poni in the Pome group (Brazilian, Raja Puri) and not as a purple variant of Ele Ele in the Maoli group.

Just look at your plants and try to get them in the correct groups first.

geosulcata

11-09-2015, 10:24 AM

PR-Giants

11-09-2015, 07:37 PM

From the curator at GRIN:
"I went and checked. We have three plots labeled “Dare” and all three are fruiting at about 4’. On one end is Cuban Red (which would stick out like sore thumb) and the other end is Datil La Lima. It is hard to judge the size, but the fruit is distinctive."

After you figure out what banana you're growing, be sure to let the curator at GRIN know what bananas they have growing in the three plots that they labeled as “Dare”.

01BEL084331, AAB > Laknao > Dare | Musa Germplasm Information System (http://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/content/01bel084331-dare-0)

Laknau are commonly used in the banana breeding programs.

robguz24

11-16-2015, 12:59 AM

Dwarf Gros Michel rattoon. Not so dwarf compared to the first bunch, which was at 6'. This one is at least 10. http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7965_zps8irljhcn.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7965_zps8irljhcn.jpg.html)

Mona Lisa, one of my favorites.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7968_zpsx0dwk1lz.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7968_zpsx0dwk1lz.jpg.html)

geosulcata

11-19-2015, 08:20 AM

Hoping for a warm winter...

Dwarf Red
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/22700579259/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_8697"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5662/22700579259_bd253ee860.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="IMG_8697"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Blue Java/Ice Cream
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/22700580089/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_8704"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/773/22700580089_3d800e489b.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="IMG_8704"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

robguz24

11-20-2015, 06:39 PM

Iholena Iholena. A dwarf Iholena cultivar, about 6 feet tall. This one was 15 months to flower, but another is flowering after 8 months. My first one of these.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7971_zps0zzx6sbn.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7971_zps0zzx6sbn.jpg.html)
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7973_zpsecgrayef.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_7973_zpsecgrayef.jpg.html)

PR-Giants

11-22-2015, 12:54 PM

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57170 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57170)

Nicolas Naranja

11-25-2015, 09:12 PM

16 Hand FHIA-17 about 2.5 months after flowering.
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/20151125_152556_zps5whcjvkl.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/20151125_152556_zps5whcjvkl.jpg.html)

geosulcata

12-09-2015, 04:42 PM

Pisang Jari Buaya
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/candcwelch/23638999935/in/dateposted-public/" title="Pisang Jari Buaya"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5695/23638999935_91829a7319.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Pisang Jari Buaya"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

venturabananas

12-09-2015, 07:14 PM

Pisang Jari Buaya

The color pattern on the bracts of this variety is so unusual. Really neat.

PR-Giants

12-13-2015, 03:12 PM

Removed a bunch 3 days ago and there's another one in it's place today. :woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56398 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56398)

4 - FHIA-01 blooming

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56391 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56391)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56396 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56396)

Some SH-3640

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56404 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56404)

2 PA & 2 PK

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56393 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56393)

Hammocked Banana

12-14-2015, 12:31 PM

Crazy with a follow up bunch?! Is it a mahoi? Have u ever seen this before?

venturabananas

12-14-2015, 01:08 PM

Crazy with a follow up bunch?! Is it a mahoi? Have u ever seen this before?

It looks like it is just on another very nearby pseudostem.

PR-Giants

12-14-2015, 01:22 PM

Crazy with a follow up bunch?! Is it a mahoi? Have u ever seen this before?

It's Really neat. The color pattern on the bracts of this variety is so unusual.

And it's considered to be one of the best among the first-class eating bananas.

It's two pseudostems, both first ratoon and it is unusual to have them pointing in the same direction.

PR-Giants

12-14-2015, 01:52 PM

Just a couple of Verdins on very nearby pseudostems. :lurk:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56392 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56392)

HMelendez

12-14-2015, 02:25 PM

Ohh!......Majestic, Beautiful Verdin!

Can't wait to see mine flowering!....Is still a long way to go!.....

Nice eye candy pictures Keith!.....

PR-Giants

12-18-2015, 12:36 PM

3640 looking good :woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53038 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53038)

geosulcata

12-20-2015, 08:05 AM

Blue Java (from Rmplmnz - thank you!).

These have been so interesting to watch develop. They started out bright green under the bracts and have turned more blue each day as they have developed.

We planted this pup in our sugar sand soil and have been adding used mulch from the area where our chickens are put up each night, along with a small amount of oak ash.

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robguz24

12-23-2015, 02:47 PM

Iholena Kapua, 11 months to flower.
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8181_zpsh71nasen.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8181_zpsh71nasen.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8183_zpsb5cwj4jo.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8183_zpsb5cwj4jo.jpg.html)

Unnamed Iholena that also exists on Oahu, possibly elsewhere. Found in a state park in Waimea, Big Island. We call it "Nani" which means beautiful. Beautiful pattern on the underside of new leaves, possibly had cucumber mosaic virus. Long peduncled Iholena variant. Plant looks similar, yet distinct from Kapua. Only 8 months to flower.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8158_zpssoiw9rpe.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8158_zpssoiw9rpe.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8162_zpsjmhjvudo.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8162_zpsjmhjvudo.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8167_zpsfec9cjbb.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8167_zpsfec9cjbb.jpg.html)

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/robguz24/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8185_zpsxowirjen.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/robguz24/media/Robs%20bananas/IMG_8185_zpsxowirjen.jpg.html)

geosulcata

12-24-2015, 02:53 PM

Those are beautiful! You have such a great collection of bananas.

Nicolas Naranja

12-24-2015, 06:10 PM

This is one of the reasons why Williams is so widely planted. I started it as a tissue culture plantlet last December and now it has flowered. Little else has been that quick.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/741dd455-7408-4cdf-80f4-424879d53942_zpssmflsnuv.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/741dd455-7408-4cdf-80f4-424879d53942_zpssmflsnuv.jpg.html)

PR-Giants

12-27-2015, 02:17 PM

If you're growing in the subtropics, this should be in your collection. Plant to harvest in less than a year with huge bunches of great fruit, certainly one of my favorites. Expecting this bloom to be in the 80 lb. range.

With so many great members growing this cultivar there should be enough pups for everyone this year.

A special thanks to the University of Florida for the work they did with this Majestic Musa.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57051 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57051)

Cocos & Highgate blooming. :woohoonaner::woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52386 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52386)

2 huge 3640, that will soon appear small after their sister drops her load in a few days. :drum:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56236 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56236)