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floridagrower
11-22-2011, 07:10 PM
This is my buddy's Mystery Musa. I have a large pup and would like to confirm its ID. I will reserve my thoughts as not to taint the ID process.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46917&ppuser=6069><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46917&size=1 border=0></a>

venturabananas
11-23-2011, 12:59 PM
Looks like a Mysore group (Mysore, Pisang Klotek, Pisang Ceylon, etc.) based on the look of the bunch (closely packed), the fruits (small and bottle-nosed), and the purple midribs on the leaves. Are the undersides of the leaves a bit purplish when the emerge?

Very tasty fruit on the Mysores.

I'm not an expert, but I've spent a lot of time in the last year trying to learn how to distinguish different varieties.

floridagrower
11-25-2011, 11:51 PM
Yes, they do have a reddish /purple color. We had previously called them Mysore, which was what I had hoped they were. Thanks for your thoughts.

Clare_CA
11-26-2011, 04:41 PM
You are so good at that, Mark!

venturabananas
11-26-2011, 04:55 PM
Ha! I am but a novice who bows at the feet of the masters, such as Gabe.