Nice banana plant, too bad I don't know what it is.....
 

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It was sold to me over a year ago as "California Gold" by Green Earth Publishing. I like it a lot, but I just don't know what it is for sure yet.

Re: Nice banana plant, too bad I don't know what it is.....
 

Nice looking plant! There are many threads about identifying banana plants. Read through them. Many plants are really to hard to pin down when small. The really good way is to identify your plant when it flowers. So when it does flower, take lots of pictures. Daily pictures are best. Then the experts can walk you through the ID process.

Re: Nice banana plant, too bad I don't know what it is.....
 

Yes, hopefully I'll see a flower this summer. The other banana I got on this order was supposed to be Williams, but turned out to be Dwarf Cavendish.

Re: Nice banana plant, too bad I don't know what it is.....
 

Are you going to plant in the ground, or leave in pots? If you are leaving in pots I would definitely pot up in size. If you are going to plant into the ground, your plants would reward you with faster growth. Good luck!
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Re: Nice banana plant, too bad I don't know what it is.....
 

This one will go in the ground soon.

Re: Nice banana plant, too bad I don't know what it is.....
 

In all probability it is a D. Orinoco. Green Earth advertises D. Orinoco as D. Orinoco, Texas Star, and California Gold. The latter two are suspected to be mutations of D. Orinoco. Selling D. Orinoco as the latter two makes them more desirable due to their reported colder tolerance. If you didn't order the Texas Star from Ty Ty Nursery, it is probably D. Orinoco. If you didn't order the California Gold from the California grower who discovered them, or from someone who bought the mother plant from him, it is probably D. Orinoco. California Gold is only traded/sold as sword suckers, not TC plantlets. I do not believe that the California grower sells TC plants of the CA Gold. Do not despair, D. Orinoco is also very cold tolerant. The only physical differences between the three are their fruiting heights. I had posted a photo of someone who grew the three side by side, showing the relative mature heights. Even then, they were within 3 or 4 inches of each other.

Chong

Chong