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va_canuck
10-28-2008, 11:35 PM
Hello

I have three banana plants at my house - one is certainly Musa basjoo, so I am not showing it here. But these other two? Help please.

Banana #1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14299&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14299&limit=recent)

and it's leaf - there is some very light purple streaking which doesn't show up well in the photo.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14296&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14296&limit=recent)

Banana #2, it's leaf, and it's stem/pup. There is no sign of any purple streaking in this one.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14297&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14297&limit=recent)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14300&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14300&limit=recent)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14298&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14298&limit=recent)

Any help at all would be appreciated :)

Bananaman88
10-30-2008, 01:10 PM
I would say the second plant is most likely a Cavendish. I'm not certain about the first plant. Can you try to get a better shot of the purple streaks in the leaves?

va_canuck
10-31-2008, 07:38 AM
I took another pic but it really is not visible. It is very faint streaks, about 1/4 inch wide and 4 inches long each. It's more noticeable on some leaves and undetectable on some others.

The big guy appears to be a run-of-the-mill Cavendish, yes from looking at pics of them online. I can't wait to plant it in the ground in the spring and watch it REALLY take off.