Dwarf Cav or Super Dwarf?

smeash · 06-07-2020, 02:57 PM

Hi all.. So this is a 4 year old plant, and some of its pups.. it was sold as a dwarf cavendish, but it has never gotten larger than 4 feet, and has died to to corm each winter *I didn't protect it at all) . After starting to grow different varieties this year, I noticed how the leaves bunch up on the Pstem on this plant.. All of its pups have the same characteristic. Im now thinking this is a super dwarf.. what say you banana elders?
This is a transplanted pup...

Mother and next years main plant

Top view of mother

Sorry for the sideway photos, cannot figure out how to fix these after upload!

smeash · 06-09-2020, 03:33 PM

Nobody? Surely someone on here has the answer!

Backyard Banana Joe · 06-09-2020, 06:36 PM

If it gets to four feet, and never flowers, that suggests that it is a dwarf cavendish. I am not an expert, but that is what I THINK. Does the same stem come back every year, or is it a pup that grows? If it is a new pup that grows, then THAT

suggests that it is a super dwarf (flower dies in stem over winter, thus stem never comes back)

BlazingBananas64 · 06-09-2020, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Backyard Banana Joe

If it gets to four feet, and never flowers, that suggests that it is a dwarf cavendish. I am not an expert, but that is what I THINK. Does the same stem come back every year, or is it a pup that grows? If it is a new pup that grows, then THAT

suggests that it is a super dwarf (flower dies in stem over winter, thus stem never comes back)

Judging by the height and the leaf spread, kinda looks like a Super Dwarf Cavendish.

Yug · 06-10-2020, 01:49 AM

The compact growth looks like SDC, but those will flower and fruit even if no taller than 4'.

smeash · 06-10-2020, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Backyard Banana Joe

If it gets to four feet, and never flowers, that suggests that it is a dwarf cavendish. I am not an expert, but that is what I THINK. Does the same stem come back every year, or is it a pup that grows? If it is a new pup that grows, then THAT

suggests that it is a super dwarf (flower dies in stem over winter, thus stem never comes back)

It is almost always a new pup that grows, however this year is the first year the main stem started regrowing, but it has pup out 5 or 6 pups. Ive been fertilizing heavily this year, and they main plant is only just under 2 feet tall. I presumed the leaves bunching on the stem was a fertilizer issue, but even the potted pups are that way. Thanks for your response!

smeash · 06-10-2020, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by BlazingBananas64

Judging by the height and the leaf spread, kinda looks like a Super Dwarf Cavendish.

That's what im thinking as well.. thanks

smeash · 06-10-2020, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Yug

The compact growth looks like SDC, but those will flower and fruit even if no taller than 4'.

Yea, I have heard the same, however I think because this plant usually starts over from a pup, that it hasn't had time to complete a fruiting cycle. Im pushing it pretty hard this year, so am hoping to see a flower to be able to positively ID it.. This is the first year that im fertilizing it hard so will see what happens.. thanks!

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