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Brobriffin
07-17-2019, 07:28 PM
Can some diagnose what type of banana I have ? I will attempt to attach picture. BTW this bunch weighs 20 pounds. I also placed a store bought banana to show size.

Ok so I guess the picture will be in my photo gallery.

Brobriffin
07-17-2019, 07:54 PM
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2339538362749913&id=100000813150031&sfnsn=mo
I am new and this is the only way I can get the photo shared...

cincinnana
07-17-2019, 08:29 PM
Can some diagnose what type of banana I have ? I will attempt to attach picture. BTW this bunch weighs 20 pounds. I also placed a store bought banana to show size.

Ok so I guess the picture will be in my photo gallery.

Great bunch of bananas....
My guess is the bunch is some sort of burro banana.


A little history of the plant helps "bunches" to fellas who know bananas.

edwmax
07-17-2019, 09:40 PM
No picture in your gallery


https://external-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAXNB3Ppj6Q-N3z&w=112&h=112&url=https%3A%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2FKcqjIwlCRx3M7D7kYE W8zDN27SaYgQ5E_JJaR0fjJF3inMPz3nIT8XmVYt2VKXn5AM4M2opMX-9k0rBiEyiF8y6_jPcKXLhEZKoZwPdKmVgtekK47s95JuGo---4m8Hnb3qli2N24w%3Dw600-h315-p-k&cfs=1&jq=75&ext=jpg&_nc_hash=AQATJA6tUtLj3SOD

Brobriffin
07-21-2019, 05:22 PM
Ok I have browsed around here a bit and am getting used to this site. So here is actually my intro.
I am currently 56 Y/O and retired FF/EMT. I am new to bananas.org actually new to raising them as well.
Born in Indiana raised from age 11 in florida, mom and dad had two banana tree (mound / clusters /settings) not sure what its called, growing at the edge of our lake. They were weird large odd shaped bananas that never seemed to ripen until they were almost black and always tasted bitter / odd. I now know they had large Orinoco plants.
I now have to group / cluster / mounds in my back yard that were volunteers from composting I received from landscaping debris.
When I found them and actually had bananas ( the ones in my photos) I started doing research and have since located and bought a dwarf Cavendish plant. I also have been in contact with a local man who will sell me a few blue javas.
I look forward to cultivating several different types.

To Be Continued!

chong
07-23-2019, 01:44 PM
Looking at your Facebook photo, I would think that they are Orinoco. Have you peeled any of them yet? If they are Orinoco, they should be a good cooking banana. One Filipino member in CA has reported that his Orinoco tastes similar to Saba, a popular cooking banana in the Philippines. Just like the Orinoco, Saba is a true banana and not a plantain. While green, the Saba pulp is sliced thinly and fried. They can be salted and eaten like crackers, or covered with caramel for sweet snack. When semi-ripe, they are boiled and eaten out of hand, or kept in brown sugar syrup for later consumption with shaved ice and evaporated milk. I would suppose that the Orinoco may be used the same way. I am curious to find out if your banana is seedless, and if so, I think that it is indeed an Orinoco. By the way, the Saba can be eaten out of hand when the peel is almost black or black. By then it is sweet and more digestible. Eating it when it is just ripe, although tartly-sweet, most people find it hard to digest, which is why they are usually cooked. Let us know.

Thank you.

edwmax
07-23-2019, 06:13 PM
What color was the flower bud?