View Full Version : What variety is this one ?
sunfish
09-05-2013, 08:50 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-37.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-37.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-32.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-32.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/008-23.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/008-23.jpg.html)
caliboy1994
09-05-2013, 09:07 PM
It's definitely not Mona Lisa. :ha:
sunfish
09-05-2013, 09:12 PM
It's definitely not Mona Lisa. :ha:
or Cali Gold. Mark ?
venturabananas
09-06-2013, 01:12 AM
I thought that was your famous "Not Mona Lisa". If so, all signs point to "Namwah", but I'm waiting until the ones that are hanging in my yard ripen until I say anything more!
sunfish
09-06-2013, 09:37 AM
I thought that was your famous "Not Mona Lisa". If so, all signs point to "Namwah", but I'm waiting until the ones that are hanging in my yard ripen until I say anything more!
Yes it is the Not Mona Lisa . I thought these pix might help with the true ID.
venturabananas
09-06-2013, 12:08 PM
Including what I see in your old photos, and looking at the mat of this one I have growing in my yard, everything says Namwah. But the thing that makes me unsure is that I don't recall the fruit you shared with me having Namwah characteristics. I remember the peel being thick and the flavor not being like Namwah. But maybe I'm just remembering it wrong. What do you remember the fruit being like? Thin peel or thick peel? When very ripe, did it have that very sweet flavor with apple-cider overtones that Namwah has?
sunfish
09-06-2013, 12:30 PM
Including what I see in your old photos, and looking at the mat of this one I have growing in my yard, everything says Namwah. But the thing that makes me unsure is that I don't recall the fruit you shared with me having Namwah characteristics. I remember the peel being thick and the flavor not being like Namwah. But maybe I'm just remembering it wrong. What do you remember the fruit being like? Thin peel or thick peel? When very ripe, did it have that very sweet flavor with apple-cider overtones that Namwah has?
I do not remember the fruit being real sweet like namwah. I remember the p-stem on my plant fruiting at about 8' the one in the pic is easy 10'. This is the second flower for this mat and the owner has never fertilized or watered this plant.
venturabananas
09-06-2013, 01:01 PM
Well, at least we remember the same thing, so either we both can't remember correctly, or it didn't have some of the typical Namwah fruit traits. The first p-stem on my mat to fruit is about 10', the next one will be taller than that. It'll probably be at least a few months before the bunch that is hanging will be ripe. Maybe I'll have a better idea of what is then. It is certainly an ABB subgroup plant. But that's all I'm sure about! Other than it is a tough plant that does well in my climate.
sunfish
09-11-2013, 05:40 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/006-33.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/006-33.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/007-24.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/007-24.jpg.html)
venturabananas
09-11-2013, 06:14 PM
Yep, has the purple pedicels of Namwah. But maybe other varieties have that, too.
sunfish
09-11-2013, 06:34 PM
Yep, has the purple pedicels of Namwah. But maybe other varieties have that, too.
Biggest bud I've seen
caliboy1994
09-11-2013, 06:34 PM
I vote Namwah. :08:
robguz24
09-11-2013, 06:37 PM
The namwah buds I've had have been the biggest of my varieties.
venturabananas
09-11-2013, 06:47 PM
The namwah buds I've had have been the biggest of my varieties.
Yes, me too.
The thing that has us uncertain is that neither of us remember the fruit being like Namwah, but it's been a long time since either of us tried it.
sunfish
09-12-2013, 09:23 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/002-38.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/002-38.jpg.html)
sunfish
09-13-2013, 10:27 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-34.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-34.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/002-39.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/002-39.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-31.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-31.jpg.html)
sunfish
09-15-2013, 06:52 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-32.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-32.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/003-35.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/003-35.jpg.html)
sunfish
09-17-2013, 05:57 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-39.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-39.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-33.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-33.jpg.html)
sunfish
09-18-2013, 04:58 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/014-15.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/014-15.jpg.html)
Just think if this person watered and fertilized it
sunfish
10-01-2013, 10:08 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/021-2.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/021-2.jpg.html)
caliboy1994
10-01-2013, 10:27 PM
That's one beautiful bunch.
sunfish
10-18-2013, 11:31 PM
[QUOTE=sunfish;229279]http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/014-15.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/014-15.jpg.html)
Some jerk stole this bunch. Only about a month old.What a waste
crazy banana
10-18-2013, 11:36 PM
[QUOTE=sunfish;229279]http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/014-15.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/014-15.jpg.html)
Some jerk stole this bunch
:( sorry to hear.
That sucks. You need a banana guard dog!
sunfish
10-18-2013, 11:49 PM
[QUOTE=sunfish;231859]
:( sorry to hear.
That sucks. You need a banana guard dog!
Well it wasn't mine it belonged to my neighbor.I have a hunch who took it and if I'm right watch out :lurk:
Dalmatiansoap
10-19-2013, 01:24 AM
:lurk:
sunfish
10-19-2013, 10:41 AM
:lurk:
This is whats left of the bunch
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/005-42.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/005-42.jpg.html)
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-36.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-36.jpg.html)
venturabananas
10-19-2013, 11:05 AM
This is whats left of the bunch
People can be so lame. What is someone going to do with a bunch of nowhere near ripe bananas? I've had people walk into my yard and pull off unripe fingers and throw them on the sidewalk. WTF mate?! Hasn't happened for a while, knock on wood.
Dalmatiansoap
10-19-2013, 02:37 PM
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/004-36.jpg (http://s950.photobucket.com/user/musanamwah/media/004-36.jpg.html)
wow, must be somebody that knows how to cut the bud off!
:lurk:
venturabananas
12-03-2013, 02:29 AM
The verdict is in: it's another Namwah. I've been eating some for a couple weeks now from the first bunch produced on a plant I got from Tony 2.5 years ago. It doesn't seem quite as sweet as most of the Namwah varieties in my yard, but it definitely is one. It has the same apple-cider aroma and thin peel as the all the other "Namwah" (Pisang Awak) varieties. Nice flavor and texture and good size fruit. I'll post some photos later. It's a sturdy plant that requires no propping and handles cool well.
My best guess is that it is what is called Misi Luki in the continental US. The guy Sunfish got this plant from originally called it Mona Lisa, but notice the similarity in the names: two four letter, two syllable words, the first one starting with an M and the second with an L. I think he or someone before him mixed up the two names. Mystery solved? Maybe. Whatever, it's a good plant.
venturabananas
12-11-2013, 01:43 AM
Here are some photos of this one. It's a winner. Big fruit, good flavor, tough plant, what more do you want?
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/NotMonaLisa_zpsfd317ee1.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/NotMonaLisa_zpsfd317ee1.jpg.html)
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/notmonalisa_2_zpsd6ef9dd8.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/notmonalisa_2_zpsd6ef9dd8.jpg.html)
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/notmonalisa_size_zps955dc0b3.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/notmonalisa_size_zps955dc0b3.jpg.html)
robguz24
12-11-2013, 03:00 AM
The verdict is in: it's another Namwah. I've been eating some for a couple weeks now from the first bunch produced on a plant I got from Tony 2.5 years ago. It doesn't seem quite as sweet as most of the Namwah varieties in my yard, but it definitely is one. It has the same apple-cider aroma and thin peel as the all the other "Namwah" (Pisang Awak) varieties. Nice flavor and texture and good size fruit. I'll post some photos later. It's a sturdy plant that requires no propping and handles cool well.
My best guess is that it is what is called Misi Luki in the continental US. The guy Sunfish got this plant from originally called it Mona Lisa, but notice the similarity in the names: two four letter, two syllable words, the first one starting with an M and the second with an L. I think he or someone before him mixed up the two names. Mystery solved? Maybe. Whatever, it's a good plant.
Mark, so many things you post I have found myself thinking the same thing. My "Misi Luki" Namwah, that I got in Hawaii that I got fruit off of last summer 6 weeks after my Tall Namwah, was not only a shorter plant, but still taller than Dwarf Namwah. It was good, but somehow just wasn't quite as good, and it may be it wasn't as sweet. I have my first Dwarf Namwah flowering now so will be interesting to see how that compares, at least to my memory of the other two.
venturabananas
12-19-2013, 01:08 AM
A few more photos of this variety. Oh wait, I live in a climate where I shouldn't bother growing bananas. I guess these shouldn't exist! :08:
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/NotMonaLisabigfruit_zps5359f9c4.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/NotMonaLisabigfruit_zps5359f9c4.jpg.html)
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/NotMonaLisasection_zpsad673696.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/NotMonaLisasection_zpsad673696.jpg.html)
sunfish
12-19-2013, 01:47 AM
A few more photos of this variety. Oh wait, I live in a climate where I shouldn't bother growing bananas. I guess these shouldn't exist! :08:
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/NotMonaLisabigfruit_zps5359f9c4.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/NotMonaLisabigfruit_zps5359f9c4.jpg.html)
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/NotMonaLisasection_zpsad673696.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/NotMonaLisasection_zpsad673696.jpg.html)
Impossible. Must be photoshopped
robguz24
12-19-2013, 04:28 AM
Ok, I have never seen Namwahs like this in Hawaii. What are you doing to them?!?!?! Great pics, thanks for posting!
venturabananas
12-19-2013, 01:35 PM
Ok, I have never seen Namwahs like this in Hawaii. What are you doing to them?!?!?! Great pics, thanks for posting!
Well, I didn't intend it, but I think the last ones in my hand look bigger than they actually were just because of the way I took the photo. That said, they are as big as I've seen for Namwah, those three being 185-210 grams (6.5-7.5 ounces) and heavier than the average Cavendish at the supermarket. But it's not just this variety of Namwah: the bunch of "Ice Cream" Namwah I just harvested had fruit as large as 220 grams. I didn't do anything special. Namwah just seems to like my climate.
On the other end of the spectrum, you should see the Cavendish bunch I've been harvesting. Cutest little Cavendishes you've ever seen. Biggest ones are the size of a baby banana, 90-100 grams. They do not like my climate!
blownz281
12-24-2013, 06:47 PM
post a photo of the cavendish!
venturabananas
01-09-2014, 10:47 AM
post a photo of the cavendish!
Here you go. The two smallest fingers are from the Cavendish, then there is one from the plant in this thread and then a store-bought Cavendish for comparison. The bigger of the two home-grown Cavendish fingers was the biggest on the bunch.
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/markasteele/homegrownCavendishcomparison_zpsf8196168.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/markasteele/media/homegrownCavendishcomparison_zpsf8196168.jpg.html)
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