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Sonoran-Jungle
10-19-2016, 07:31 PM
Not sure which one I got from the nursery. When I asked they said they had Dwarf Cavendish but I saw a tag on the ground that showed Rowe red. The plants were not separated by what type of banana they were. I asked but nobody knew the difference. The other plants were smaller with darker leaves and maybe some red coloration.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60749&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60749&ppuser=24486)http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60750&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60750)[url=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60751]http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=60751&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=60749)
sputinc7
10-19-2016, 08:05 PM
Those don't look like Cavendish. I do have a dwarf red, and it looks like that...
edwmax
10-19-2016, 08:20 PM
Those are reds. The dwarf cavendish has red splotchs in the leaf which will fade away as the leaf gets older.
Sonoran-Jungle
10-19-2016, 09:11 PM
The smaller ones were the Cavandish then since they had red on the leaves. If these are the dwarf red, does that mean it's a Rowe red and will not produce edible fruit?
sputinc7
10-19-2016, 11:38 PM
Rowe red doesn't seem to be an edible, but it also has wine stains on the leaves according to the wiki pic.
Musa Rowe Red - Bananas Wiki (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Rowe_Red)
Yours look very much like my dwarf red, which if anyone wants it, PM me.
edwmax
10-20-2016, 06:39 AM
These are dwarf cavendish.
http://caironet.com/banana/DCpic1%2DWalMart%2D09162016.jpg
The DC has a red hue or red sploches on the pstem but is generally green and the leaf stem is green. ... Your leaf stems are red.
Sonoran-Jungle
10-20-2016, 08:03 AM
Thanks for the replies. Now that I know I did not pick the cavendish, I am trying to determine if this is a Rowe Red (like the loose tag I saw there) or a Dwarf Red. Or is a red dwarf and rowe red the same thing?
subsonicdrone
10-20-2016, 08:31 AM
check the bananawiki link in sputnics post
looks like you (might) have an edible red variety
maybe go pick up a dwarf cavendish as well?
mushtaq86
10-20-2016, 01:16 PM
Thanks for the replies. Now that I knod not pick the cavendish, I am trying to determine if this is a Rowe Red (like the loose tag I saw there) or a Dwarf Red. Or is a red dwarf and rowe red the same thing?
They are dwarf reds. Rowe red is a sport of musa zebrina, has red splotches on leaves.
sputinc7
10-20-2016, 02:31 PM
They sure look just like my dwarf red did when it was smaller... They don't ever seem to develop nice healthy green leaves... I have seen other people's dwarf reds and they are the same.
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