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Karen Swartz
11-07-2016, 03:41 PM
I posted a tree to my profile. Can anyone tell me what kind of tree this is? I live in Austin, TX and I want to know when to harvest it.

Thank you!

Jose263
11-07-2016, 06:32 PM
I vote orinoco :woohoonaner:

edwmax
11-07-2016, 09:05 PM
Is there an over all picture of the plant? ... And, how tall is the pstem?

It is most likely an Orinoco, but I've been wrong before.

Tytaylor77
11-08-2016, 12:18 AM
I see yellow male flowers or yellow tips. That makes it anything but Orinoco. Orinoco has purple flowers. Yellow tips could make it a Brazilian or manzano. Totally yellow flowers makes it an A type like cavendish. Hard to tell without better pics and more info. Height? History where it came from. Leave the male flower on and take lots of pics so an expert can ID it.

venturabananas
11-08-2016, 02:35 AM
I see yellow male flowers or yellow tips. That makes it anything but Orinoco. Orinoco has purple flowers.

Not sure where you got that idea. Yes, Orinoco has purple male flowers, except for the tips, which are yellow.

Tytaylor77
11-08-2016, 03:20 AM
Not sure where you got that idea. Yes, Orinoco has purple male flowers, except for the tips, which are yellow.

True they do have some yellow parts at the flowers tip. On mine especially from a distance they still look mostly purple, just a lighter purple towards the end. On the picture of this banana there looks to be solid bright yellow tips. It's so hard to tell in the picture though. A close up picture would help a lot.

edwmax
11-08-2016, 07:40 AM
@ Tylaylor & @ Ventira

Do you have a reference link for flower color of the difference banana cultivars? I would like to add it my growing list.

Jose263
11-08-2016, 08:10 AM
@ Tylaylor & @ Ventira

Do you have a reference link for flower color of the difference banana cultivars? I would like to add it my growing list.

Me Too

Tytaylor77
11-08-2016, 11:31 AM
@ Tylaylor & @ Ventira

Do you have a reference link for flower color of the difference banana cultivars? I would like to add it my growing list.

Sorry I don't. I would love to have that resource also. All I really go by is pictures of my varieties.

venturabananas
11-08-2016, 11:52 AM
Do you have a reference link for flower color of the difference banana cultivars? I would like to add it my growing list.

Nope, can't think of a definitive reference offhand. You can find flower photos on some databases, like MGIS.

https://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/

edwmax
11-08-2016, 07:34 PM
Nope, can't think of a definitive reference offhand. You can find flower photos on some databases, like MGIS.

https://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/

That's a great reference .... Thanks

Tytaylor77
11-08-2016, 07:50 PM
USDA-TARS also has some pictures of flowers. Lots of other awesome info too.

https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/search.aspx