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Eric-Orlando,FL
01-14-2008, 11:50 AM
Our Musa 'Kandrian' is now fruiting. This is a big plant, like 'Saba', and about 20ft. tall. In the 3rd photo I placed a US dollar bill at the base of the main stem for size comparision.

Is the correct name 'Kandrian' or 'Kandarian' ? I see it both ways.


http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Bananas/img_0529.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Bananas/img_0530.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Bananas/img_0532.jpg

the flying dutchman
01-14-2008, 12:44 PM
Wow, quite a plant, no problems with the cold so far I assume?

Ron

MediaHound
01-14-2008, 01:06 PM
Very nice, congrats!

mskitty38583
01-14-2008, 01:39 PM
thats a big tree.congrats on the fruit!!:nanerwizard:

Ethan
01-14-2008, 01:41 PM
that is a biggun.

-Ethan

bencelest
01-14-2008, 01:56 PM
How long did it take to fruit from pup to fruiting may I ask? Someone said that 8 months. Now I am beginning to doubt it if it takes 20 some odd feet to fruit.

magicgreen
01-14-2008, 05:15 PM
Be nice when i can do that! Thankyou for the picture! All pics' are welcome with me being in Z6!

Eric-Orlando,FL
01-14-2008, 06:01 PM
It was planted in April 2002, this is the first stalk to flower. The original stalk was snapped during Hurricane Charley in Aug. 2004.

Eric-Orlando,FL
01-14-2008, 06:02 PM
No cold damge so far.

momoese
01-14-2008, 08:19 PM
That's a very large P-Stem. Congrats on the bunch!

Simply Bananas
07-26-2008, 08:21 PM
Are they ripe yet?

island cassie
07-27-2008, 09:12 PM
Wild-looking plant!! Love the textured leaves!! Congratulations

Cassie

Richard
07-27-2008, 10:25 PM
Our Musa 'Kandrian' is now fruiting. This is a big plant, like 'Saba', and about 20ft. tall. In the 3rd photo I placed a US dollar bill at the base of the main stem for size comparision.

Is the correct name 'Kandrian' or 'Kandarian' ? I see it both ways.


Congratulations on bringing that awesome banana plant to maturity!

In the literature I have read at Biodiversity International (http://bananas.bioversityinternational.org/) and also at Tamil Nadu Agriculturual University (http://www.tnau.ac.in/) I most often see Kandrian.

Dean W.
07-27-2008, 11:02 PM
Wow, that's a nice one.

Chironex
07-27-2008, 11:18 PM
Never realized that they grew so large! Great job! I will someday have room for something like that, I just hope that it's sooner than later. Can you picture a mat of Kandrian, Saba and Ingens towering over your backyard? Yikes!!!!