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RandyGHO
05-18-2013, 06:09 AM
It is suppose to be a blue java. It bloomed at 12 months here in zone 8b. The blooming height is 11-12 feet. The leafs have a red edge with a red tent to the leaf stem.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52948&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52948)

sunfish
05-18-2013, 07:15 AM
I think or not

robguz24
05-18-2013, 12:18 PM
Not Blue Java.

RandyGHO
05-18-2013, 01:22 PM
Here is new picture as another hand opens up. Is there a better picture i could take that would help.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52950&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52950)

PR-Giants
05-18-2013, 02:38 PM
Here is new picture as another hand opens up. Is there a better picture i could take that would help.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52950&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52950)

Take a photo of the stem of the fruit, it looks Namwah purple.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52498 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52498)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52536 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52536)

RandyGHO
05-18-2013, 10:15 PM
Thanks for the help. In the morning I will see if I can get a good stem picture.

Even if it is a Namwah, I wanted to try one of those anyway.

BigBananaBoy
05-18-2013, 11:45 PM
Hi Randy,
here is an actual Blue Java/Ice cream Banana Bunch fruiting and maturing in California. Your Fruit is distinctively different. The fruit on yours is not a Blue Java for sure. I'm thinking a Tall Namwah, but I hear the fruit taste is great. Let us know when it matures. Congrats!

Big Tony

Blue Java Fruit bunch in California 2013:
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr201/bigtony66/D8BF7430-BAF5-4A38-AE23-AFCA9633DC1A-10142-00000D5FC4FEC6B6_zps8b7069df.jpg

Take a photo of the stem of the fruit, it looks Namwah purple.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52536 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52536)

RandyGHO
05-20-2013, 01:00 PM
Here is the fruit stem picture. It seems to confirm the Namwah identification.

From the other post i don't think I will disappointed at all in the Namwah fruit.

Thanks for all the help in identifying my banana plant.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=52991&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=52991)

oakshadows
05-20-2013, 05:13 PM
Great site...... good growing and stay healthy.

RandyGHO
08-20-2013, 01:01 PM
After tasting the bananas I am beginning to wonder if this is an Manzano or Apple banana. They taste best when they start browning and the skin is paper thin. When slightly green they have a bit of a tart apple flavor. When in the brown yellow phase it is very sweet.

Do y'all still think it is a Namwah?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54272)

sunfish
08-20-2013, 01:50 PM
After tasting the bananas I am beginning to wonder if this is an Manzano or Apple banana. They taste best when they start browning and the skin is paper thin. When slightly green they have a bit of a tart apple flavor. When in the brown yellow phase it is very sweet.

Do y'all still think it is a Namwah?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54272&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54272)

Yes :) I think all slightly green bananas will be tart and namwah is very sweet when ripe.

caliboy1994
08-20-2013, 03:36 PM
Sounds like Namwah to me.

RandyGHO
08-20-2013, 04:54 PM
Thanks guys. We will call it a namwah then.