Danny Lobster

Greetings,
I recently purchased a home in south Central Fl and as a nana addict was thrilled to see it had a clump of banana trees. In Mid March one began to flower and about 4 hands formed. The bananas were real tiny, about 4 to 5 inches and never plumped up or anything. I waited for them to look more nana like but they shriveled up instead.
So now I have a second flower shooting out with its first hand and I am hoping to find out what I have and what I need to do to get some edible fruit from them.
Where do I go for the basics?
Thanks for any pointers.
I have posted picts in my gallery. The trees are about 10 to 15 feet tall when they flower.
Dan

2woodensticks

i am wast of tamps myself...tall clump??? with out seeing them i would guess orinoco banana...sometimes you get a week one

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2woodensticks

well after looking at the photo in your profile i would say not orinoco but basjoo..orinamentl not edible...anyone eles agree???

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Dalmatiansoap

Not a basjoo but might be ornamental, like balbisiana maybe. Check the fruits, are they seeded?

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Danny Lobster

I am away from the house but will check on that tomorrow.
That would be sad fr me if they are not edible.
Dan

Danny Lobster

So I have uploaded a few more pictures.
It looks like they may be seeded. Does this mean they are inedible and for decoration only?
Any further ideas on the variety
Anyone in South Fl want to trade for an edible variety?
Dan

Abnshrek

Hello, Welcome, and Happy Growing... I had some of those.. had to dig them out and replace with something hopeful in eating.. :^)

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Kelso

I talked to a neighbor of mine and told her I had bananas and didn't think they were edible(I think I have Basjoo) even if they are seeded and the big male fruit they eat like a vegetable. I just thought I would share since everyone says Basjoos are not edible.

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Iunepeace

Welcome Danny! Your clump certainly looks Orinoco-ish in my opinion. One thing I would like to point out is that there's a ton of pseudostems in that one clump. I'm not sure whether you feed them or not/they're growing in good soil/etc., but this may be accounting for the sub-standard fruit being produced since the flowering bananas might not get enough nutrients to make good fruit either because the clump is too big or the surrounding soil is poor. Maybe you could clear it up a bit and only leave a couple stems and see if that helps?

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