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rsieminski
09-28-2005, 07:52 PM
Whole Plant
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/uploads/76/banana1.jpg
Top
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/uploads/76/banana3.jpg
Bottom
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/uploads/76/banana2.jpg

Thanks,
--Rick

MediaHound
09-29-2005, 09:13 AM
Dunno how you got those links!

Here are the correct ones:

Whole plant:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=161

Top:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=163

Bottom:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=162


I'm not sure what it is either. :(

rsieminski
09-29-2005, 09:22 AM
Thanks for the help. They worked just after I posted them.

Casa Del Gatos
09-30-2005, 06:11 AM
Where did this plant come from?

I'm by no means an expert, but ...
It looks like the native banana here in South Alabama my wife calls "water bananas" that grows all over. We had several about 10 years ago that were fruiting at about 12-15 feet. I don't know if the fruit was edible as they were all destroyed by the 2 hurricanes (Erin and Opal) we got that year. They are pretty cold-tolerant and always came back after winter.

rsieminski
10-01-2005, 01:55 PM
It came from a local nursery, and was labeled "Banana". I inquired as to which variety, and he said it was "Ice Cream", but based on my limited experience, it does not look like that variety. I saw another one like it on the lot flowering with a purple-ish/red flower at a height of about 6'.

MediaHound
10-01-2005, 06:37 PM
This is my Ice Cream:



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=185

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=186

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=187

tropicalkid
10-04-2005, 06:33 PM
Dunno how you got those links!

Here are the correct ones:

Whole plant:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=161

Top:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=163

Bottom:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=162


I'm not sure what it is either. :(

The pseudostem looks too thin to be an "Ice Cream".Interesting to see which variety it might be.I will vote for an ornata variety, hence the thin pseudostem.

Carlos(tropicalkid):cool:

MediaHound
10-08-2005, 12:04 AM
Here's a photo from the gallery of an ornata - Musa 'African Red' Ornata

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=122&size=1

Looks close...