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asacomm
04-14-2007, 06:42 PM
Hi Friends,

One of my banana friends gave me an unidentified banana pup, telling me
that this banana was very cold-hardy and could overwinter even without any
protections in our zone 9.

The first pic shows how I protected it for oveerwintering.

The second pic shows how it overwintered and how it is now. It successfully
overwintered and sprouted new leaves. It was so strong that I began to start
infering the species of this banana even knowing it is entirely difficult to do so
before I knew many more factors by which inference f shall first be possible.
The is a story which gave me a hint if this banana could be that species.
More than 50 years ago, an emigrant from Okinawa Islands to Brazil brought
back a banana called "Stanta Catarina Prata" into Okinawa from where the
banana had been intoduced to the southern parts of Japan.
Now I understand Stanta catarina is a cultiver of Musa Brazilian which is cold
hardy, and this is the main reason why I infer this banana could be Santa
Catarina Prata.

Stan
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http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2051&size=1
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MediaHound
04-14-2007, 08:36 PM
Very nice, Stan!
Interesting story, sounds like it could be possible.

microfarmer
07-02-2007, 10:38 PM
bump:

How is it going with positively identifying your Stanta Catarina Prata?

Hi Friends,

One of my banana friends gave me an unidentified banana pup, telling me
that this banana was very cold-hardy and could overwinter even without any
protections in our zone 9.

The first pic shows how I protected it for oveerwintering.

The second pic shows how it overwintered and how it is now. It successfully
overwintered and sprouted new leaves. It was so strong that I began to start
infering the species of this banana even knowing it is entirely difficult to do so
before I knew many more factors by which inference f shall first be possible.
The is a story which gave me a hint if this banana could be that species.
More than 50 years ago, an emigrant from Okinawa Islands to Brazil brought
back a banana called "Stanta Catarina Prata" into Okinawa from where the
banana had been intoduced to the southern parts of Japan.
Now I understand Stanta catarina is a cultiver of Musa Brazilian which is cold
hardy, and this is the main reason why I infer this banana could be Santa
Catarina Prata.

Stan

mrbungalow
07-03-2007, 01:02 AM
Prata Ana, Santa Catarina Prata, Dwarf Brazilian, and Dwarf Hawaiian Apple are all the same thing. This cultivar is recognized as having redish/pinkish petioles when young.

bigdog
07-03-2007, 04:24 PM
Cool story, and nice-looking banana.

And WOW! That's one heavy-duty privacy fence!!! Are you trying to keep somebody out, or keep somebody in? LOL!

asacomm
07-03-2007, 06:09 PM
Thanks all of you for your valued comments.

Bigdog, yes I had once been keeping a German "bigdog" in there, and this is
the ruin of his playground.