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pitangadiego
07-17-2013, 09:58 PM
This is a neighbor's banana. It is quite tall. The fruit is small, but may also be a matter of not enough water and fertilizer. It doesn't get a lot of care.

http://webebananas.com/bpix/bp954-63.jpg

caliboy1994
07-17-2013, 11:21 PM
Interesting how the male flowers actually have pollen on them. Can you get a picture of the entire plant and of the fruit?

shannondicorse
07-18-2013, 06:08 PM
Interesting how the male flowers actually have pollen on them. Can you get a picture of the entire plant and of the fruit?

I second that!!


More photos of the whole plant and fruit please. Look at that pollen. Yumm! It would be nice if it turns out to be a (parthenocarpic) cultivar and not a wild diploid.


shannon


shannon.di.corse@gmail.com

banana13
07-19-2013, 08:20 PM
I second that!!


More photos of the whole plant and fruit please. Look at that pollen. Yumm! It would be nice if it turns out to be a (parthenocarpic) cultivar and not a wild diploid.


shannon


shannon.di.corse@gmail.com

It would be cool if it was edible with the ability to produce seeds if pollinated.

pitangadiego
07-19-2013, 10:53 PM
Your wish is my command.

http://webebananas.com/bpix/BP954-64.jpg

http://webebananas.com/bpix/BP954-65.jpg

http://webebananas.com/bpix/BP954-66.jpg

http://webebananas.com/bpix/BP954-67.jpg

sunfish
07-19-2013, 10:56 PM
I think maybe Musa balbisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_balbisiana)

caliboy1994
07-20-2013, 12:05 AM
I think maybe Musa balbisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_balbisiana)

Wild balbisiana, that's exactly what I was thinking.

pitangadiego
07-20-2013, 09:38 PM
Guess if the ripe fruit has seeds, we'll have narrowed it down.

sunfish
07-20-2013, 09:43 PM
[QUOTE=pitangadiego;224052]Your wish is my command.

http://webebananas.com/bpix/BP954-64.jpg

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2666&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2666&si=balbisiana)

venturabananas
07-21-2013, 01:12 AM
Seeds or not, it is balbisiana. The rounded, non-rolling bracts, which stay on the rachis and turn gray and dry is pretty definitive.

sunfish
07-21-2013, 08:51 AM
I told you.:woohoonaner::goteam::08:

venturabananas
07-21-2013, 10:28 AM
Good call Tony.

Abnshrek
07-21-2013, 11:08 AM
I told you.:woohoonaner::goteam::08:

You can still see pretty good for someone that smoked.. now.. lmao :^)

sunfish
07-21-2013, 08:49 PM
You can still see pretty good for someone that smoked.. now.. lmao :^)

Smoking killed my taste buds but heightened other senses.

venturabananas
07-22-2013, 12:41 AM
Smoking killed my taste buds but heightened other senses.

:ha::ha::ha: