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EuroBanana
05-12-2012, 08:30 AM
Goodmorning,

Here is a Corsica garden cultivated banana.
This clone withstand -5°C (22 F) and regrow vigourously the next spring.
The owner has got an idea about what it is but I don’t want to tell you now to make the identification more acurate.
Could you tell me please, according to you, what it is ?
Thanks for help,

Phil

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sunfish
05-12-2012, 09:01 AM
Musa Orinoco - Bananas Wiki (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Orinoco)

EuroBanana
05-12-2012, 01:01 PM
Musa Orinoco - Bananas Wiki (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Orinoco)

Thanks Sunfish,

Let's wait for other opinions.

phil

momoese
05-12-2012, 01:39 PM
I was thinking the same thing (Orinoko). Gabe will probably chime in. He's the resident ID expert.

EuroBanana
05-12-2012, 02:09 PM
I was thinking the same thing (Orinoko). Gabe will probably chime in. He's the resident ID expert.

Thanks Mitchel,

Let's wait for Gabe !

Thanks for your post,

Phil

venturabananas
05-12-2012, 04:36 PM
Like both Tony and Mitchel say, Gabe is the expert and I hope he will chime in, but I agree, it looks like Orinoco to me.

EuroBanana
05-12-2012, 04:42 PM
Like both Tony and Mitchel say, Gabe is the expert and I hope he will chime in, but I agree, it looks like Orinoco to me.


Thanks Mark,

Let's wait a little bit more.

Phil

PS : Did you notice the wasps (not bees) on the flowers ?
It is the first time I see wasps foraging a flower !

George Webster
05-20-2012, 09:25 PM
Would Orinoko tolerate 22F and produce fruit?
George.

George Webster
05-20-2012, 09:31 PM
I have watched wasps searching for food on flowers. Wasps eat insects. Flowers are a good place to forage.

I have also watched a hornet skin a catapiller, then carry of the contents.

George
the beekeeper.

Thanks Mark,

Let's wait a little bit more.

Phil

PS : Did you notice the wasps (not bees) on the flowers ?
It is the first time I see wasps foraging a flower !

griphuz
05-21-2012, 06:15 AM
a part from the fruit it looks like balbisiana to me?

Kind regards,
Remko.