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AmberNichole
09-19-2010, 07:10 PM
Anyone have any ideas? It's pretty dark colored compared to my other bananas and pretty stocky. On the label it just said "Musa" lol So I bought it anyways. The only thing they garden people could tell me was they thought it produced a small banana.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36787&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36789&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36790&size=1
Gabe15
09-19-2010, 07:33 PM
Probably 'Super Dwarf Cavendish'.
AmberNichole
09-19-2010, 08:25 PM
Don't they normally have the red markings on the baby leaves and aren't they a lighter color?? I do have a dwarf Cavendish. Here is a couple pics of my Dwarf Cavendish
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31982&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=34294&size=1
The Hollyberry Lady
09-19-2010, 08:30 PM
Nice shots, Amber! Wish our Wal-Mart sold banana plants.
My super Dwarf Cavendish has red makings on the baby leaves too.
: )
AmberNichole
09-19-2010, 08:46 PM
I have never seen any bananas at ours here before and since it looked different I couldn't resist grabbing it. lol
The Hollyberry Lady
09-19-2010, 08:49 PM
I would have grabbed it too! :ha:
I was shocked to see musa basjoo at one of our local nurseries this season and of course I scooped one up.
: )
Gabe15
09-19-2010, 09:12 PM
The red markings usually are only seen in very young suckers if at all, but they are not always present. The different shades of green are due to nutrition and sun exposure. Well fed bananas in the shade can be very dark green, while it is easy for them to become more yellow if they are lacking nutrients, especially when grown in full sun.
The red pseudostem with black markings (and that is was found in Wal-Mart) indicate a Cavendish of some sort, while the stockiness and short petioles indicate 'Super Dwarf Cavendish'.
Here is the 'Super Dwarf Cavendish' compared to 'Dwarf Cavendish' of roughly the same age and in the same conditions.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36795&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36795&ppuser=5)
'Super Dwarf Cavendish' petioles. They are very short and compacted.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36794&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36794&ppuser=5)
'Dwarf Cavendish' petioles. They are longer and noticeably different from the 'Super Dwarf Cavendish'.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=36796&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36796&ppuser=5)
mango_kush
09-22-2010, 01:53 PM
looks alot like my Musa cheeka i recently bought. ill post up a pic when i get home
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