Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm

mygc · 03-29-2018, 10:58 PM

Hi everybody!
I bought these two pups recently and was told they were Filipino Sabas (which apparently are also sometimes known as Cardabas?), hoping you experts could confirm for me.
Here’s a picture:
https://imgur.com/a/tgRXK

Cheers,
mygc

mygc · 03-30-2018, 05:26 AM

edwmax · 03-30-2018, 05:31 AM

You mean this one?

edwmax · 03-30-2018, 05:35 AM

Haha ... I had to delete & repost. Ingur link script sucks.

Anyway nice plant. But never seen a Sabas before so i can't verify it.

robguz24 · 03-30-2018, 05:29 PM

That's some kind of cavendish. Short, open petioles.

mygc · 03-30-2018, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by robguz24

That's some kind of cavendish. Short, open petioles.

Really? That’s a bit disappointing. I got this brought from interstate (AUS) so it wasn’t cheap... I can get cavendishes at my local nursery for a quarter of the price I paid. Plus I would never grow a cavendish because of its ubiquitousness and the lacklustre taste.

The guy who sold it to me it said it was given to him by a Filipino, so maybe there’s a chance it could be another variety popular with Filipinos? Lacatan or Latundan banana? Does the patchy trunk mean anything?

edwmax · 03-30-2018, 07:06 PM

How tall is this plant? ... At the base is a bulged which make me think of 'Little Prince". But Little Prince is not a very tall plant.

mygc · 03-30-2018, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by edwmax

How tall is this plant? ... At the base is a bulged which make me think of 'Little Prince". But Little Prince is not a very tall plant.

It's very small at the moment cause it was a pup that was recently divided from the mother plant. I will post again with pictures (maybe next year, as we're getting colder here) when the plant has reached maturity (and hopefully flowering and fruiting).

robguz24 · 03-31-2018, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mygc

Really? That’s a bit disappointing. I got this brought from interstate (AUS) so it wasn’t cheap... I can get cavendishes at my local nursery for a quarter of the price I paid. Plus I would never grow a cavendish because of its ubiquitousness and the lacklustre taste.

The guy who sold it to me it said it was given to him by a Filipino, so maybe there’s a chance it could be another variety popular with Filipinos? Lacatan or Latundan banana? Does the patchy trunk mean anything?

Sure it could be some other AA or AAA type. Sabas have longer, closed petioles and are much more green overall.

bushwack · 04-01-2018, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by robguz24

Sure it could be some other AA or AAA type. Sabas have longer, closed petioles and are much more green overall.

not trying to steal your post, but is this what a saba looks like?
long closed petioles and more green

druss · 04-02-2018, 11:35 PM

These are advertised as saba too, i dont think they are but maybe someone here could confirm.
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wood...ant/1146511483

jmc96 · 04-03-2018, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by druss

These are advertised as saba too, i dont think they are but maybe someone here could confirm.
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wood...ant/1146511483

I just queried her on origin and authenticity. Waiting for reply. Saba is next best after Lacatan so I've been told.

mygc · 04-03-2018, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jmc96

I just queried her on origin and authenticity. Waiting for reply. Saba is next best after Lacatan so I've been told.

I called her recently. She said that she got the original plant from her Burmese friend.

druss · 04-03-2018, 08:17 AM

I have the phillipine lacatan, can probaly get saba too, just intetested on the authenticity of this plant. Most in perth are mislabelled.

jmc96 · 04-03-2018, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by druss

I have the phillipine lacatan, can probaly get saba too, just intetested on the authenticity of this plant. Most in perth are mislabelled.

That's great to know Lacatan is in Australia.

Dvivian · 05-09-2020, 09:03 PM

Now that a couple of years have passed....did it flower and bear fruit. If so, did you get closer to identifying it?

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