Please help me ID this.

Zombie Dave · 10-26-2017, 06:35 PM

I'm trying to figure out if its winter hardy for Kansas.

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Pia · 10-27-2017, 05:44 AM

I wouldn't know about that specimen, but, as a former landscaper and garden center manager, it helps to know what your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is and any micro-climate data you might have (winter temps, wind, freezing rain, etc.). reference: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Iowa · 10-27-2017, 07:26 AM

[quote=Zombie Dave;310532]I'm trying to figure out if its winter hardy for Kansas.

Looking Orinoco to me, I don't think too many are winter hardy in your zone.

Zombie Dave · 10-27-2017, 01:57 PM

Looks like I am in zone 6b. I need to come up with some kind of portable greenhouse that's heated. I hate to cut them down and really have no place inside to keep them as they are.

Debart · 10-29-2017, 12:03 AM

Looks like mush basjoo to me. They don't produce edible bananas. If that is what it is, you can leave outside. It will die to the ground but will come back next year.

obdiah · 10-29-2017, 04:20 AM

cant say for sure but defiantly dosent appear to be basjoo or Sikkimese the only two that might be root hardy in your area
nice plants though

Pia · 10-29-2017, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Zombie Dave

Looks like I am in zone 6b. I need to come up with some kind of portable greenhouse that's heated. I hate to cut them down and really have no place inside to keep them as they are.

If those don't turn out to be fruiting or edible bananas, use them to improve your soil, chop & drop... trunks can be transformed into planters that don't require much watering as they decompose over time. Go permaculture soil building.

Island Brah · 11-01-2017, 02:45 PM

For sure not a Basjoo.

Looks Namwah-ish to me.

Iowa · 11-01-2017, 03:34 PM

[quote=Zombie Dave;310532]I'm trying to figure out if its winter hardy for Kansas.

Could you ask this plant to bloom and give us another hint.

Zombie Dave · 11-01-2017, 06:17 PM

😂 That's the goal! Only if it sends up pups though.

sputinc7 · 11-01-2017, 07:13 PM

Don't know what it is, but it's not Namwah. Midribs are green.

Tytaylor77 · 11-02-2017, 12:22 AM

Looks like Orinoco.

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Pia Find me on the map! Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 33 BananaBucks : 9,919 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 26 Times Was Thanked 55 Times in 21 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Please help me ID this. I wouldn't know about that specimen, but, as a former landscaper and garden center manager, it helps to know what your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is and any micro-climate data you might have (winter temps, wind, freezing rain, etc.). reference: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

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Iowa Location: Burlington,Iowa Find me on the map! Zone: 5 Name: Mike Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 706 BananaBucks : 53,027 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 573 Times Was Thanked 1,022 Times in 384 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 603 Times	Re: Please help me ID this. [quote=Zombie Dave;310532]I'm trying to figure out if its winter hardy for Kansas. Looking Orinoco to me, I don't think too many are winter hardy in your zone. __________________ Growing Musa Orinoco since 1993 - Added 2018-Basjoo, Zebrina' Rojo, Ensete Red Abyssinian - Added 2019-Goldfinger - Added 2020-Kokopo (Short Cycle), Double (Mahoi), Highgate, Super Dwarf Cavendish - Added 2021-Pisang Ceylon(Mysore), Musa Margarita, Ensete Ventricosum - Added 2023 - Siam Ruby

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obdiah Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 307 BananaBucks : 101,056 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 162 Times Was Thanked 576 Times in 186 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 22 Times	Re: Please help me ID this. cant say for sure but defiantly dosent appear to be basjoo or Sikkimese the only two that might be root hardy in your area nice plants though

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Iowa Location: Burlington,Iowa Find me on the map! Zone: 5 Name: Mike Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 706 BananaBucks : 53,027 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 573 Times Was Thanked 1,022 Times in 384 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 603 Times	Re: Please help me ID this. [quote=Zombie Dave;310532]I'm trying to figure out if its winter hardy for Kansas. Could you ask this plant to bloom and give us another hint. __________________ Growing Musa Orinoco since 1993 - Added 2018-Basjoo, Zebrina' Rojo, Ensete Red Abyssinian - Added 2019-Goldfinger - Added 2020-Kokopo (Short Cycle), Double (Mahoi), Highgate, Super Dwarf Cavendish - Added 2021-Pisang Ceylon(Mysore), Musa Margarita, Ensete Ventricosum - Added 2023 - Siam Ruby

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Zombie Dave Find me on the map! Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 85 BananaBucks : 24,522 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 69 Times Was Thanked 80 Times in 43 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Please help me ID this. 😂 That's the goal! Only if it sends up pups though.

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