ngiann

This was bought as Ice Cream. But the height is too short for Ice Cream as i read everywhere.
It is my most cold & wind tolerant type. Last winter the leaves stayed green (in all my other types theye were yellow) and never shreded.
Now i think that i see a flag leaf and a flower coming. Height is 5ft. It also produced more than 5 pups. One particulary pup i took it off without roots and i left it horizontally in a cement for 5 months because i thought that was useless. After 5 months i made an experiment and put it in the ground, and now it has roots and the base is getting green! It seems that it never dies..
What is it?

xyzzy

No idea, but I wish I had one like that!

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MediaHound

The leaves look very tight and upright like a Rajapuri. Post some closeups of the flowers when it opens up and I'll post some closeups of Rajapuri to compare.

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ngiann

Update of flower bud

MediaHound

Can we get an overall of the whole plant, from a little further away?
I'm definately not thinking Rajapuri anymore!


SDC now comes to mind but lets see an overall shot
http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Super_Dwarf_Cavendish

How long did it take to get that plant to bloom?

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ngiann

No way SDC. This is my most tolerant between all my 12 types of bananas in the ground. It went through winter intact. A removed and forgoten pup for 5 months, when i put it in the ground, it rooted! Not one leave shreded - and all remained green and thick. All of my other bananas turned to yellow in winter.
My last SDC died within a month or two.
And the height op pstem is exactly 5 ft - 1.5mm. The last leave touches the ceiling wood which is 2.6m (8.5 ft) high
I planted it 15 months ago.
There is no space to stand for a better photo.



Here you can just see a Saba pstem on the left. Ice Cream is in center


and here is a night shot - with my son who is nearly 5years old.


I also have a Rajapuri around there, which generally looks a little different.

MediaHound

Yep that would probably be too tall for SDC, among other reasons..
I don't know, but those new pics might help trigger a response from someone with the same cultivar.
As the bloom opens please update the thread, as you know, the flowers help distinguish one from another.
Cheers

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An update with 2 photos.
First bract just opened and fruits & flowers are a little difficult to see.
I had to lay on my back to take the shot!
I will update when bract is fully open and can take a better shot with lower iso/noise.

ngiann

An update with the fruits.
I try to take a close up of fresh male flowers..

ngiann

Some more photos to examine

female flowers


male flowers


the fruit bunch


Any opinions of ID?