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kgbenson
08-16-2006, 11:56 AM
http://www.logees.com/prodinfo.asp?number=R1973-4
Does anyone have any expereince with this variety?
Keith
GATrops
08-16-2006, 12:24 PM
Hi Keith,
There was thread some time back that discussed this plant. Here's the link
http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?p=3682#post3682
Mine are still doing well, no blooms so far but they look like it might not be too long.
Richard
kgbenson
08-16-2006, 01:51 PM
Thanks Richard, I think I will give them a try - I just can't figure out exactly what variety this is.
Keith
Frankallen
08-16-2006, 03:41 PM
I just couldn't help myself.....I ordered me one too !!! :banana_az
Happy Banana Raising,
Frank
GATrops
08-16-2006, 04:58 PM
I'm not sure what variety it is either. It does have a fair bit of black on the pseudostem but other than that there are no distinguishing features. I'll let you know if I can ID it after it fruits.
Richard
MediaHound
08-16-2006, 06:45 PM
My two are doing great, growing fast.
Surely there'll be a ton of feedback on these within the next year or so.
Frankallen
08-16-2006, 07:29 PM
Just ordered me one!! Do they ship decent plants??
Thanks,
Frank
MediaHound
08-16-2006, 09:45 PM
Just ordered me one!! Do they ship decent plants??
Thanks,
Frank
They sure did!
They were sold out right after they became available, thats cool you were able to order one. If I didn't get two the first go, I'd be getting another.
MediaHound
09-05-2006, 10:34 AM
I'm not sure what variety it is either. It does have a fair bit of black on the pseudostem but other than that there are no distinguishing features. I'll let you know if I can ID it after it fruits.
Richard
My two are showing the black on the pseudostem as well.
One of mine just unfurled a leaf that has a small bit of red splotching.
:shareluvnana:
MediaHound
09-05-2006, 03:19 PM
Red blotches:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1131&size=1
Aerial shot:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1132&size=1
Black:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1133&size=1
momoese
09-05-2006, 03:33 PM
That's a cool looking plant!
kgbenson
09-05-2006, 04:02 PM
Anyone have pics if these plants as they received them from Logees?
Keith
MediaHound
09-11-2006, 10:34 PM
Anyone have pics if these plants as they received them from Logees?
Keith
Found this photo lying around. Here they are, shortly after they arrived. I think I had just potted them up here.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1215&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1215)
MediaHound
04-16-2007, 07:53 PM
Well now one of my two Dwarf Ladyfinger is growing on a single plane, like a travellers palm.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2693&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2693)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2694&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2694)
mrbungalow
04-17-2007, 08:26 AM
I am almost certain it's regular "Dwarf Brazilian" (Prata Ana/ Santa Catarita Prata). Sometimes brazilian bananas are referred to as "ladies fingers", along with plenty of other cultivars. If there is a little pink underneath where the black stuff is, then I am sure it's dwarf brazilian. I am also looking at the bell of the inflorescence on the vendours photo. Looks very brazilian to me.
All the names given to various banana-cultivars is making me rip my hair out, but at the same time it's exciting when you get the puzzle together, almost like solving a mystery with scooby-doo & friends.
For example, I am trying to find out what the heck "Walha" is. The clues so far: Indian variety, associated with Rajapuri on one of Gabes' fact-sheets, and said to be in the "Pome" subgroup on Inibaps pages. Scooby-dooby-doo, where are you...
Erlend
NANAMAN
05-14-2007, 05:54 PM
Hey Jarred, how's the travelers palm looking (logee's ladyfinger) , is it still growing on a single plane? I got mine a couple months after you did, here's the latest pic.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2971&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2971&ppuser=449)
MediaHound
05-14-2007, 07:18 PM
Still is.
Same thing, 1 is normal and the other is single plane.
harveyc
08-02-2007, 06:14 PM
My two are doing great, growing fast.
Surely there'll be a ton of feedback on these within the next year or so.
There hasn't been much feedback on this. Is it fruiting yet for anybody? Or will it be another year? Does anyone have a pup they'd like to sell?
Harvey
NANAMAN
08-03-2007, 08:18 PM
It's cool how this thread popped up again recently, because mine just started to fruit about a week ago! I purchased this from Logee's in November 2006 and figured I'd see if it would fruit in a pot as advertised. Height is 3 feet;
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4562&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4562)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4563&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4563)
harveyc
08-19-2007, 01:58 PM
Brian, you have an updated photo to share? How big do you expect these fruits to get? As we discussed by PM a while back, I ordered when temporarily out of stock but they processed my order last week.
Harvey
Ethan
09-25-2007, 03:49 PM
I wanted to join the "cool kids" so I ordered one myself. A very nice plant arrived in a 4" pot, about 1' tall with about 5 nice leaves (have pic at home). Probably stick it in a 1-3gal pot 'til spring, then into a larger one, where it will stay. Does it have any winter hardiness or will need some protection like a cavendish?
thanks for the info and making me realise I NEEDED this banana,
-Ethan:nanabath:
STINKY
09-25-2007, 07:11 PM
Ya I just recieved mine to, from luggee's . A silly question but it is my first nanner , Do you need two of them to produce fruit. Or is one just fine?
MediaHound
09-25-2007, 09:41 PM
one is all you need
harveyc
09-25-2007, 10:45 PM
Ya I just recieved mine to, from luggee's . A silly question but it is my first nanner , Do you need two of them to produce fruit. Or is one just fine?
You don't need two to produce fine but one is not "just fine." You need at least 20 to gain entry into banana bliss.
sunfish
10-19-2009, 02:24 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=25289&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=25289&ppuser=2868)
THIS MAY HELP. MY PLANT IS SOLID GREEN EXCEPT FOR FAINT PINK OUTLINING THE LEAVES
Clare_CA
10-19-2009, 03:21 PM
You have a beautiful plant there. How old is yours?
sunfish
10-19-2009, 03:58 PM
I am not sure this is one I got from Scot.
venturabananas
10-08-2010, 07:01 PM
Despite my better judgement, since I haven't heard of anyone in California managing to get a Logee's dwarf ladyfinger to fruit, I ordered one anyway. I figured they are cheap enough to fail with and not feel too bad about it.
It arrived yesterday in fabulous shape:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37346&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37346)
(Note universal scale bar, 750 ml wine bottle)
Seems like it must be a tissue cultured plant, but I have no idea what it actually is. I thought I'd take the direct approach and call Logee's and ask them what it is or where they get the plantlets from. The nice lady I talked to clearly had no idea what she was talking about. She told me she thought they (Logee's) produced them on site from cuttings. At that point I could tell I wasn't going to get a reasonable answer and thanked her and hung up.
Anyway, it is a cute little plant and I'll try to baby it through our winter (he says snickering, thinking of those of you in parts of the world that actually get really cold in winter). But it surely isn't the tropics here, which is what I'd guess this plant probably needs.
Anyone in California manage to fruit this variety?
Anyone know what these "dwarf ladyfingers" actually are? I know there was speculation that they are dwarf nino, but folks who have both say they are different.
venturabananas
10-11-2010, 12:18 PM
I guess since no one is biting, I'll have to reply to myself...
Seriously though, I did find out more about the origin, if not identity, of the Logee's dwarf ladyfinger.
I emailed Logee's customer service, asking what this banana variety was or where they got it. A nice guy name Byron gave me the following answers:
"I don't know the it by another name. It came to us from Hawaii about 15 years ago as a sample plant under its present name. We do the tissue culture here at Logee's."
So, yes, they are TC plants, but not from Agristarts as some had suggested, implying that they really aren't dwarf nino, as was suggested. We'll probably never know what cultivar they are unless some motivated grad student decides they just have to know the answer and does the DNA work.
Botanical_Bryce
06-04-2016, 10:55 PM
Bump
venturabananas
06-05-2016, 09:17 PM
Some sort of tissue culture induced mutation of Dwarf Cavendish would be my guess. Not a plant I would recommend.
robguz24
06-05-2016, 09:39 PM
If they're the same one being sold out of Hilo, HI then I'd avoid them. A very small cavendish type with fruit that doesn't fill out properly. Fruits under 3 feet. I'm ripping mine all out.
venturabananas
06-05-2016, 10:19 PM
Right, supposedly they did get it from Hawaii, so it might be exactly the same thing.
Little Belle
04-17-2017, 10:39 AM
I just joined this forum - today. I would like to purchase another Dwarf Lady Finger from Logee's, but they are sold out. Based on all the reading I have been doing on this forum, it seems like the term "Dwarf Lady Finger" is pretty ambiguous as no-one is quite sure what the heck it is. Mentioned on the forum is that it is perhaps a Dwarf Brazilian, or a Dwarf Nino? Has anyone figured out what they are? I would like to purchase one elsewhere if they are the same plants, just sold by another name. Of course, I could wait for Logee's to re-stock, but what fun is that? :ha:
venturabananas
04-17-2017, 05:28 PM
I've had a Dwarf Lady Finger from Logee's in a large pot for several years. It has never fruited and dies back most winters -- even though I live in a climate without frosts. Gabe, our local expert, says it is a Cavendish of some sort, likely at tissue culture mutant. (I don't think I'm putting words in his mouth, that's my recollection.) From what I've seen, that appears true -- a very small Cavendish variety. Personally, I wouldn't bother with it unless you have a green house and need a very small plant that probably won't produce much fruit. And if it does produce fruit, they'll basically taste like grocery store bananas, but be smaller.
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