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Paulzie32
07-26-2016, 03:39 PM
Did I get a pic that should help ID this plant? They're short... about 4 feet or so.
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I'm going to guess that it's a very starved/neglected Orinoco for 2 reasons: 1. they're very prevalent in FL and 2. they seem to fruit regardless of care but results (how many, how plump, how long, etc) are obvious. That said I have a little mystery musa that supposedly is from the homeland of someone whose first language is not English (Spanish I thought) which only gets about waist high before blooming. Cool if yours is that because then I might know what mine is.
Paulzie32
07-26-2016, 05:12 PM
No, definitely not an Orinoco. This body shop has them planted all around in pots. They take care of them. I believe they have 3 different types. One, I'm told the owner said he bought as a Rajapuri. But the others, he's unsure of. I thought it may have been a Dwarf Cav or Manzano or something like that.
Tytaylor77
07-26-2016, 05:25 PM
Very hard to tell from the pictures. Looks a lot like Orinoco to me. It's not Manzano or cavendish for sure.
No, definitely not an Orinoco. This body shop has them planted all around in pots. They take care of them. I believe they have 3 different types. One, I'm told the owner said he bought as a Rajapuri. But the others, he's unsure of. I thought it may have been a Dwarf Cav or Manzano or something like that.Well, cool! They may have a sister to my pup that hasn't yet bloomed but is supposed to do so at an unbelievably short stature.
I purchased mine by the side of the road. I asked if the banana tasted good; I asked if you cook them. The seller apparently didn't understand my questions; he just kept pointing at his waist and saying "bananas here". Perhaps he was saying it produced 3' fingers? Nah. Why he made that point I don't know but he was adamant about it and apparently considered it a special trait. BTW, I keep kicking myself for not buying some hot peppers native to his country; they would have given me greater insight as to variety of musa I suspect.
Gabe15
07-26-2016, 11:20 PM
It's a rather sad 'Dwarf Namwah'. The pinkish bud, very waxy fruits, and red coloration on the young fruit pedicels are telling.
Paulzie32
07-27-2016, 07:05 AM
The seller apparently didn't understand my questions; he just kept pointing at his waist and saying "bananas here". Perhaps he was saying it produced 3' fingers? Nah. Why he made that point I don't know but he was adamant about it and apparently considered it a special trait.
Maybe He was Flirting? :ha:
No, He was most likely telling you it's eventual height.
BTW, I keep kicking myself for not buying some hot peppers native to his country; they would have given me greater insight as to variety of musa I suspect.
Sorry... How would it give you insight to the variety? I've never heard this before.
It's a rather sad 'Dwarf Namwah'. The pinkish bud, very waxy fruits, and red coloration on the young fruit pedicels are telling.
Awesome! Thank you Gabe. What would make it Not sad :-) Fertilizer? What's it look like it needs? Can you tell?
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