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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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Kat2
07-26-2016, 04:33 PM
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.

Kat2
07-26-2016, 05:38 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.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?