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figtree790266
08-21-2013, 11:08 AM
Hi all,

New member here - nice to meet you!

I was hoping some of you might share your learned opinions on what kind of banana I have.

My moving-away neighbors gave me a mom plant with two pups in a large pot a couple years ago - no idea where they got her. The mom put on a single hand that did not mature and then died. Last summer I planted the two pups along a tall west wall. The first one now has bananas (eight hands and still counting) and the second is following suit.

The wall is 11 1/2 feet tall, so the plants must be 16-18 feet. I live very near the beach in Southern Calif. (zone 10b).

Banana Gallery - banana2a (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54293)
Banana Gallery - banana5a (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54292)
Banana Gallery - banana4a (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54291)
Banana Gallery - banana1a (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54290)
Banana Gallery - banana74 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54294)

I would like to know as much as I can on how to tend them, and what to expect with maturation time, etc. Identification is the first step, I'm guessing.

Thanks in advance!
figtree

sunfish
08-21-2013, 11:43 AM
Musa Orinoco - Bananas Wiki (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Orinoco)