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These poor thing almost make want to cry. It was impossible to get them cleared of overgrowth without doing them more damage. The 3 plants in the front that are laying down, were just poking out of the overgrowth when I began clearing. The 2 taller ones in the back, I could just barely tell they were there.


What can be done for this poor thing?


There are keikis all over back there. It is as if they were throwing out pups in an attempt to simply survive.





This one I broke accidentally and it came up out of the ground. It looks to have a very puny corm.


The petioles on these are definitely different. They are closed




These are also taller than the others, about 7', probably stunted due to their growing conditions.

EDIT:
After looking through the "Hawaii Banana Book", I'm inclined to think these may be a Bluggoe banana type.
I think that only because the Bluggoe banana group is the only one that I have found so far that has the stem grove completely closed.
Keep in mind that I have just enough knowledge to make me dangerous.
This will be subject to revision if I find another type that has the leaf stem groove closed also.

robguz24

The thinner p-stem, and all the leaning makes me think Ice Cream, but without seeing them in person, it's hard to really know. Saba types are also pretty closed, as are namwahs. Sucrier is another variety prone to leaning with skinnier p-stems. But I think they have more open petioles and like Ice Creams, seem to have more problems here. My best guess would be Ice Cream. Around here, probably the most common variety after Williams, Brazilians, and Reds. Sucrier is common too. I haven't grown Largo so I can't say anything about how they look, but they're also somewhat common and a bluggoe group one.

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