My NC nanners

[blownz281]

[blownz281]

In order

Siam Ruby's
Namwah
Saba
Tall Orinoco
Mysore
Ice Cream
Velutina
Musa??
Basjoo -
Musa??
Musa??
Cavendish
Yellow

Anyone know the id of the three nanners I have no name for? I think one is Ice Cream, others maybe Orinoco, but they have no red in them?

[blownz281]

Anyone have any ID on those three nanners I have in question?

[mm4birds]

Beautiful plants. I have the same question asked before about musa ice cream, can it have red/pink in the midrib and on the leaf border or do most of us have a mislabeled plant?

[blownz281]

I got mine from Richard board member. So I know mine is the real deal. Mine has red on edge of leaves. Kinda red on the midrib but fads as leaf gets older. P-stem is light blue/gray with black blotches on it. Unless you visit the country where this plant comes from,then there is no way any of us can tell for sure. Whats the real deal... Thanks.

[blownz281]

[Chance1945]

Thanks for the photos. Some were some that I had never seen before. Siam Ruby has become my favorite ornamental. Each leaf is different. What a gorgeous plant.

[blownz281]

Thanks. Yes SR is awesome!!!

[venturabananas]

Originally Posted by blownz281

I got mine from Richard board member. So I know mine is the real deal. Mine has red on edge of leaves. Kinda red on the midrib but fads as leaf gets older. P-stem is light blue/gray with black blotches on it. Unless you visit the country where this plant comes from,then there is no way any of us can tell for sure. Whats the real deal... Thanks.

It's not a real Ice Cream. It is what is sold by Agristarts as "Ice Cream", which is a Pisang Awak variety, not a real Ice Cream/Blue Java, which is a Ney Mannan variety. The "fake" Ice Cream is a great banana -- be glad you have one.

The first unknown you showed looks a lot like a Dwarf Namwah, the one with the short, quite rounded leaves.

[blownz281]

So Richard doesn't sell the true IC? Hmm I already have one of those. All three nanners are cold hardy in OBX. Board member sent them to me last year and he wasn't sure what they were. But they come back down there and I'm warmer here.

[venturabananas]

Originally Posted by blownz281

So Richard doesn't sell the true IC?

I'm pretty sure that all the bananas Richard sells are TC plants from Agristarts, which sells the Namwah IC, not the true IC.

[blownz281]

Picked up a RajaPuri,Gros Michel,Truly Tiny. Need to post pics.

[Simply Bananas]

Originally Posted by blownz281

Picked up a RajaPuri,Gros Michel,Truly Tiny. Need to post pics.

Where did you 'pick them up", some place local?

[blownz281]

Gros Michel from Terry on here. RajaPuri from a local friend,Truly Tiny today at a local greenhouse which gets TC plants from Agri starts and grows them over the winter. Four plants in a pot, 6-7" tall. $9.99

[Richard]

Originally Posted by venturabananas

I'm pretty sure that all the bananas Richard sells are TC plants from Agristarts, which sells the Namwah IC, not the true IC.

Actually the Ice Cream bananas I have sold are all generated from a plant I purchased from Jon (pitangadiego) several years ago.

It's also true that many of the other varieties I sell are from Agristarts.

[blownz281]

So are his the real deal?

[venturabananas]

Originally Posted by blownz281

So are his the real deal?

Well, I think Jon would be the first to admit that not all his bananas are correctly identified. The few photos he has of Ice Cream on his website (We Be Bananas) don't look like the real deal, but he might have other plantings of Ice Cream that are not shown in his photos.

[blownz281]

This is the first year for my so called ice cream to be in the ground. It started out bigger then the others,now everything is more less out growing it. Height wise and p-stem thickness. Its in full soon more less all day,maybe not a heat liker?