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CAButtars
05-03-2011, 09:55 PM
I was at a local nursery that I visit often and decided to take a couple pictures of their banana selection. They are marked as Basjoo and Dwarf Giant Banana
Musa acuminata (Enano Gigante) though, I'm not sure what the second type actually is. So I have two questions:
1. Does anyone know what a Dwarf Giant Banana Musa acuminata (Enano Gigante) actually is?
2. They're listed at $25, is that a good price for that size? (I'm just curious)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42422&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42422)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42421&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42421)

sunfish
05-03-2011, 10:01 PM
I believe it is Dwarf Cavendish ?

cherokee_greg
05-03-2011, 10:06 PM
check this out
Dwarf Giant Banana (Musa acuminata 'Enano Gigante') - Monrovia - Dwarf Giant Banana (Musa acuminata 'Enano Gigante') (http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/1871/dwarf-giant-banana.php)

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pitangadiego
05-04-2011, 08:44 AM
Enano Gigante should be a Cavendish type, dwarf in size, at about 6'. Price is good for the plants in the pix.

nannerfunboi
05-04-2011, 04:19 PM
cabuttars..wow.. someone else in provo growing bananas!!!
:woohoonaner:
im guessing thats cooks nursery..lindon?
i'll have to drive by and see their nanners..
im into growing big ..tall varieties.. but maybe if i
talk to family they will start bringing in some ensetes,sabas!!!
:)
so? do you have bananas now? did ya buy some from cooks?
super to have another provo banana enthusiasts here!!!
finally some warm weather huh...:goteam:

Velutina
05-05-2011, 07:51 PM
Wow! I worked at a Utah nursery for years that sold cactus and tropicals and they never sold anything other than super dwarfs. I tried convincing them to buy basjoo (back when it was finally starting to be affordable).

Utah has some great places to buy tropical houseplants! Here in Las Vegas, the best place is the big box stores. When I want a hard-to-find plant, i'm off to Utah or California.

CAButtars
05-05-2011, 08:46 PM
Yeah, I've found some really great deals on high quality (if sometimes small in size) plants around here. I need to make my way up to Salt Lake to check out some of the nurseries up there too.