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venturabananas
02-06-2012, 01:04 PM
My wife and her colleague are in Panama for work and came across this banana in a botanic garden. Looks most similar to Pitogo to me. Anyone feel confident about identifying it?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47837&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47837&ppuser=7760)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47839&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47839&ppuser=7760)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47838&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47838&ppuser=7760)

frog7994
02-06-2012, 03:54 PM
looks like the filapino Saba?

venturabananas
02-06-2012, 05:41 PM
looks like the filapino Saba?

It does a bit, but the Saba I've seen have had longer fruit and the plants were taller.

frog7994
02-06-2012, 06:20 PM
yes true but there is variations on that as in size and shape.

Richard
02-06-2012, 07:00 PM
I don't think it is Saba. In Panama the base of the plants would be 2' or wider and the height would be spectacular.

frog7994
02-06-2012, 07:26 PM
yes my saba grew at the trunk to be all most 24 " in diamiter.
hight almost 20 '

kolanp
10-03-2016, 07:11 AM
Pitogo fruit has seeds? no seeds? If sell seeds, I want to buy it.
Or Shoud I get the division?

venturabananas
10-03-2016, 02:46 PM
Pitogo fruit has seeds? no seeds? If sell seeds, I want to buy it.
Or Shoud I get the division?

No seeds in Pitogo.

merce3
10-03-2016, 09:42 PM
the leaves on my pitogo are much wider and longer than what i see in the pictures.. they are more paddle shaped too, if that makes sense.

EDIT: oopse. just realized how old this post is.