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Simply Bananas
06-03-2012, 06:51 AM
Got this a few weeks ago at the home depot $10 or so.
The pstem has a good bit of red as do the underside of the leaves.
There are no wine colored blotches on the leaves.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/4270432b.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/01fea7ad.jpg
What y'all think?
Dwarf Red or something maybe?
venturabananas
06-03-2012, 09:56 AM
Dwarf red doesn't normally have any red on the undersides of the leaves. Don't know what it is.
Dwarf red doesn't normally have any red on the undersides of the leaves. Don't know what it is.
Sikkimensis "Daj Giant" (http://www.bananas.org/f2/sikkimensis-daj-giant-14034.html#post167997) has, but no sure this is it. Maybe just look like.
emegar
06-03-2012, 02:59 PM
I've read that Iholene varieties from Hawaii are recognized by the iridescent reddish undersides of their newly unfurling leaves. Not sure how likely that HD would stock Iholene, though. I think Musa "Zebrina" an ornamental, is supposed to share this characteristic.
floridagrower
06-05-2012, 11:09 PM
Mysore
Got this a few weeks ago at the home depot $10 or so.
The pstem has a good bit of red as do the underside of the leaves.
There are no wine colored blotches on the leaves.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/4270432b.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/01fea7ad.jpg
What y'all think?
Dwarf Red or something maybe?
venturabananas
06-06-2012, 07:49 AM
Mysore
Maybe. The petioles don't like right, though.
mm4birds
06-06-2012, 09:59 AM
could be basjoo which has red underside of leaves
floridagrower
06-06-2012, 11:42 AM
It's just young. It's not a red and very unlikely iholene. The color off from the three sikkimensis types I grow. I've also never seen a retailer sell sikkimensis, believe me I looked for years.
Maybe. The petioles don't like right, though.
hydroid
06-07-2012, 04:30 AM
Looks like Basjoo to me.
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