andy17

Hi everyone,
I just purchased a banana plant at a local garden shop, but it was in a tray of seedlings with a sign that just read "Bananas." The larger plants actually had ID tags on them, but not the smaller ones. I am some what familiar with bananas, but I've totally drawn a blank as to what this might be. The only distinction I could make was half were short and stocky with blotches of red and the other half like the one I bought were much taller and more vigorous looking--no red either except for a red streak in the midrib. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!Banana Gallery - andy17 Gallery

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Gabe15

Generally speaking a plant that small is too young to ID properly, but I am going to guess that it is Musa basjoo. However, keeping posting photos as it develops and we can better tell for sure.

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andy17

@Gabe15 Thanks! Will do

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andy17

It seems that the red midrib is pretty prominent and there is also some red coloration on the pseudo stem (just a little, but noticeable). I've noticed that there are several varieties of banana that have this coloration including Basjoo. Could it possibly be a dwarf red, green red or mona lisa as well? I'll have uploaded a new pic to my gallery: Banana Gallery - Mystery BananaThe petioles seem to be pretty green, only the top and bottom (underside of leaf) of the midrib and blotches on the pseudo stem have that purplish red coloration. I know it's really early to tell, I'm just throwing around some ideas. Thanks!

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