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Backyard Banana Joe
03-13-2020, 12:25 PM
I think this is a dwarf red, but not sure. Trunk, red, leaves green, petioles, red, fruit I have only seen unripe, but greenish red. What do you think? And it had persistent bracs.


Here I a baby






https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49662059357_3cfcff6f4a_b.jpg

beam2050
03-13-2020, 01:59 PM
I am not pulling up any pictures.

:pics:

cincinnana
03-13-2020, 08:01 PM
Sweet.......:woohoonaner:

Great photos.

cincinnana
03-13-2020, 09:41 PM
The plant is a beast.....

:woohoonaner:

Backyard Banana Joe
03-14-2020, 06:49 AM
The plant is a beast.....

:woohoonaner:



Any id? :nanadrink: :ha:

Mark Dragt
03-14-2020, 04:06 PM
That might be the unicorn banana.

Backyard Banana Joe
03-14-2020, 05:49 PM
What do you think Gabe?

cincinnana
03-14-2020, 05:52 PM
Any id? :nanadrink: :ha:

Sorry......I cannot tell from your Flicker pics..



I have them in my albums.
I have grown then for a few years now.......the plant is a beast in zone 5/6 summers.

Backyard Banana Joe
03-15-2020, 08:06 AM
Added a pic

Mark Dragt
03-15-2020, 11:31 AM
I have a positive not ID. It is definitely, without a doubt, not the Unicorn Banana.

Mark Dragt
03-15-2020, 11:41 AM
The reds I have very little experience with. I have seen young Patupi at that stage look very similar to your picture. Time will tell if the red stays or goes with maturity of your plant. Plant looks good and healthy. Good luck!

Backyard Banana Joe
03-15-2020, 02:44 PM
The reds I have very little experience with. I have seen young Patupi at that stage look very similar to your picture. Time will tell if the red stays or goes with maturity of your plant. Plant looks good and healthy. Good luck!



Well...... It won't. Because the parent plant was red. And the fruit looked like a red banana bunch, only short. Sooooo....... That's why I thought dwarf red...... :ha: :ha: :ha:

Backyard Banana Joe
03-20-2020, 06:33 PM
Gabe hasn't said what he thought. Gabe?

cincinnana
03-21-2020, 08:26 PM
I think this is a dwarf red, but not sure. Trunk, red, leaves green, petioles, red, fruit I have only seen unripe, but greenish red. What do you think? And it had persistent bracs.


Here I a baby






https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49662059357_3cfcff6f4a_b.jpg


Looks like it..

Better identification can be had with a photo of the mature parent plant though.

A photo of the parent plant would better ........ the small plant could pass as any red stemmed musa at this point.


Here is a photo of some of my small pups which look similar.

https://live.staticflickr.com/849/29936786298_f65fac16cb_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MBpRzU)
Splitting Dwarf Red pups (https://flic.kr/p/MBpRzU)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/850/43757877092_b3914d0096_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29EJymL)
Splitting Dwarf Red pups (https://flic.kr/p/29EJymL)
by
Hostafarian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hostafarian/),
on Flickr

Mikemooreflorida
03-23-2020, 03:04 PM
Well, how tall were the mother plants when they fruited? I have what was called a dwarf red that fruits at tall height 12 ft plus to crown.. But fruits are short, maybe 4-5 inches long (and very delicious). btw, the fruits go from Red to Greenish to Yellow Ripe.

Backyard Banana Joe
03-23-2020, 05:27 PM
Well, how tall were the mother plants when they fruited? I have what was called a dwarf red that fruits at tall height 12 ft plus to crown.. But fruits are short, maybe 4-5 inches long (and very delicious). btw, the fruits go from Red to Greenish to Yellow Ripe.



probably 6 feet at the crown. Sounds like you have a regular red or

Gabe15
03-27-2020, 01:54 PM
Too small of a plant to give ID. But Dwarf Red doesnt have persistent bracts, and the fruit is normally very dark red when young and only sometimes gets a little bit of green towards maturity, but usually still totally red.

Yug
03-31-2020, 01:17 AM
I thought my dwarf red had more color than that when It was small. It eventually reverted back to green. It about 9 ft at the trunk, had over 15 pups, fruit was short and fat, but pretty good eating. The leaves were like cardboard, and could withstand wind that would shred other banana leaves. As large as mine was, I never understood it being called a 'dwarf' anything.

momoese
03-31-2020, 10:08 PM
Does anyone have Dwarf Red for sale?

Backyard Banana Joe
04-01-2020, 07:04 AM
Maybe cincinnana

Backyard Banana Joe
04-01-2020, 07:25 AM
Here it is! Grew a lot.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49723902872_e3f02a791f_c.jpg



And this one was in full sun in a pot and was not healthy so it looks green but it’s the same thing


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49723585391_b207e64e03_c.jpg

Backyard Banana Joe
04-01-2020, 11:34 AM
Here’s the parent


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49724362486_467d7e3143_b.jpg

Backyard Banana Joe
04-01-2020, 11:36 AM
There are a lot of “frills” along the leaf stem thing

Backyard Banana Joe
04-26-2020, 07:59 PM
Sorry for the HORRIBLE pic......l.l but all I could do...... I saw that Gabe mentioned the immature fruit are pretty dark red... here is the only pic of the fruit I have. Sorry :ha:



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49823795221_93474e16d5_b.jpg

cincinnana
04-26-2020, 08:18 PM
Sorry for the HORRIBLE pic......l.l but all I could do...... I saw that Gabe mentioned the immature fruit are pretty dark red... here is the only pic of the fruit I have. Sorry :ha:



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49823795221_93474e16d5_b.jpg

...:woohoonaner: