Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

Yup

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

You mean this one?

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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.

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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?

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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.

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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).

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

That's great to know Lacatan is in Australia.

Re: Was told this is a Saba, looking to confirm
 

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