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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.

H2O
06-03-2012, 10:45 AM
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.