blackberg

Hi all,

so last year I ordered several bananas to add to the garden.

I ordered from 2 vendors and both arrived at the same time, both sent them without labels even though both had 2 in each order. I did not realize it until I had taken everything out, making a bigger mess.

So I know what I ordered. I know what one is. One went missing, never made to a pot I think. Which is Which?

The vendors were of no help.

I figured I would wait till they were bigger to figure out what they were.

What I ordered were:

Musa FHIA-3 Sweetheart
Musa FHIA-3 Sweetheart - Bananas Wiki

Musa Double Mahoi (obviously I know which one this is)
Musa Double (Mahoi) - Bananas Wiki

Musa Grand Nain
Musa Grand Nain - Bananas Wiki

Musa Blue Java Ice Cream
Musa Blue Java (Ice Cream) - Bananas Wiki

Here are the pictures of how they look now:
#1 This is the Mahoi,


#2 Is this the grand nain?


#3 I think this is the Sweetheart or the Blue Java?



They are going into the ground in the next week or so, and would like to know what they are before I put them in.

Thanks!

-bb

blackberg

Oh and those are all 15 gallon pots, for size reference.
-bb

caliboy1994

It's really too hard to tell at this point. And the one in the middle looks a bit sick. Last one looks like Orinoco or Namwah.

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Abnshrek

This my Sweetheart fresh out of the pot last year.. Right by the gate..



This is my Gran Nain from 2010..



The Last pic does look like a Namwah / Orinoco.. Maybe you got the fake Ice Cream like so many others and it a Namwah.. :^)

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blackberg

Thanks , theone I taught was grand nain does look like the grand main.

The other one not sure still. Per my other thread, I bighky doubt it's Orinoco since apperently I have a lot of Orinoco and they are not that similar. I guess I will have to wait on that one until I get some bananas from it.
Thanks
-bb

robguz24

Why do you know the one is Double Mahoi? I couldn't say what it is in #1 based on the pic. But if you know somehow, that's good.

I've never seen a Sweetheart, but #3 does look like a Blue Java, but it could be something else you didn't order. Has the light green color and closed petioles of it. I generally find more pink on the Namwah p-stems even at that stage. #2 certainly looks like a wide open short petiole cavendish type such as Grand Nain.

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