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Duckfood
05-11-2013, 03:41 PM
Probably a little young and sickly to tell, but I though that I would ask anyway...

Found this sitting in the back of a local nursery, asked the owner about it and he said he'd sell it for $5.00 because they were "Mostly dead, and probably not hardy for East Tennessee..."

So, any guesses???

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52873&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52873&ppuser=15796)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52874&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52874&ppuser=15796)

I would be happy to take more pictures if necessary...

Thanks, Michael

bananimal
05-12-2013, 01:11 AM
Looks like mama died off and left the ring of pups. I'd say it's a dwarf type based on the wider pstems at the base. Grow them out to 4 or 5 healthy leaves each and divide and repot. You got 6 or 7 pups for 5 bucks. Good deal.

robert0514
05-12-2013, 01:11 AM
I think they are very hardy because they look like a musa basjoo to me (hardy banana). If they are musa basjoo they should survive in East Tennessee.

Duckfood
05-14-2013, 01:48 PM
Was told today that it may be High Color Mini... Not a lot of info on the Wiki or Google that I could find...