Guineo NiÑo (Baby Banana)

Valor_X · 07-13-2020, 12:05 PM

I bought a bulb from Puerto Rico being sold as Guineo NiÑo (Baby Banana)
The seller says the banana plant will only grow up to 8ft tall.

Does anyone know the scientific name for this species? I was thinking perhaps it's Ladyfinger but the wiki says those grow up to 14ft

These are the pictures the seller had on the page

Backyard Banana Joe · 07-14-2020, 09:58 AM

I dunno. Might be the nino variety

Valor_X · 07-14-2020, 11:39 AM

OMG... I completely missed it
You're right Backyard Banana Joe, it's called Musa Nino! LOL

Looks like I'm getting the Musa Dwarf Nino variety

The wiki doesn't have much info on it at all but here is the info I have found on this forum

This exceptional sweet, thin skinned baby banana produces a fruit about 3-4 inches long. It is a light-green plant that grows rapidly. One of the most highly esteemed bananas around the world for its exquisite taste and texture. The plant itself is also quite desirable from an ornamental standpoint with its narrow leaves which are a beautiful and unusual shade of green, and the black coloration in the trunk and leaf sheathes. The plant is also less vigorous than most other varieties needing optimal siting and exceptional care to produce the small bunch of tiny (3-inch) but delicious banana. One of the world's most popular local bananas that has remained outside the international marketplace because of low productivity and poor shipping qualities. It is very sweet, with tiny hands of petite fruit born on a fragile slender plant. Best grown in part shade or morning sun. Tender. One of the most highly esteemed bananas around the world for its exquisite taste and texture. The plant is very ornamental black speckled on the trunk and leaf sheaths. [A] fairly slender plant that produces small heads of fruit of excellent quality. The pseudostem is heavily marked with tan and brown mottling and the leaves have an unusual fluorescent green color. It has moderate wind tolerance. [G]rows tall and produces one of the sweetest ladyfinger bananas. Fruit is 2 to 3 inches long, thin skinned and plump. Stock should be harvested green because bananas are prone to splitting. The plant has slender leaves of a bright, almost glowing green color. [D]rought sensitive and does not produce large heads of fruit. [A]s it's name suggests, is a very sweet banana; it has small fruit, thin skin, yellowy flesh, and small bunches (up to 28 lbs). Planting to harvest is about 11 months under subtropical conditions. Unfortuneately, this cultivar is not well adapted to cooler temperatures

This rapid grower is great in containers, where it will quickly grow to a height of about 4 to 5 feet. (In the ground, it can reach 10 feet.)

TYPE:
GENETICS: AA
HEIGHT: 6-8' , 8-10'
DISEASE:
HIGHLIGHTS: Very sweet fruit

07-13-2020, 12:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Valor_X Location: Texas Zone: 9A Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 701 BananaBucks : 90,613 Feedback: 1 / 67% Said "Thanks" 1,203 Times Was Thanked 1,275 Times in 489 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 44 Times	Re: Guineo NiÑo (Baby Banana) OMG... I completely missed it You're right Backyard Banana Joe, it's called Musa Nino! LOL Looks like I'm getting the Musa Dwarf Nino variety The wiki doesn't have much info on it at all but here is the info I have found on this forum This exceptional sweet, thin skinned baby banana produces a fruit about 3-4 inches long. It is a light-green plant that grows rapidly. One of the most highly esteemed bananas around the world for its exquisite taste and texture. The plant itself is also quite desirable from an ornamental standpoint with its narrow leaves which are a beautiful and unusual shade of green, and the black coloration in the trunk and leaf sheathes. The plant is also less vigorous than most other varieties needing optimal siting and exceptional care to produce the small bunch of tiny (3-inch) but delicious banana. One of the world's most popular local bananas that has remained outside the international marketplace because of low productivity and poor shipping qualities. It is very sweet, with tiny hands of petite fruit born on a fragile slender plant. Best grown in part shade or morning sun. Tender. One of the most highly esteemed bananas around the world for its exquisite taste and texture. The plant is very ornamental black speckled on the trunk and leaf sheaths. [A] fairly slender plant that produces small heads of fruit of excellent quality. The pseudostem is heavily marked with tan and brown mottling and the leaves have an unusual fluorescent green color. It has moderate wind tolerance. [G]rows tall and produces one of the sweetest ladyfinger bananas. Fruit is 2 to 3 inches long, thin skinned and plump. Stock should be harvested green because bananas are prone to splitting. The plant has slender leaves of a bright, almost glowing green color. [D]rought sensitive and does not produce large heads of fruit. [A]s it's name suggests, is a very sweet banana; it has small fruit, thin skin, yellowy flesh, and small bunches (up to 28 lbs). Planting to harvest is about 11 months under subtropical conditions. Unfortuneately, this cultivar is not well adapted to cooler temperatures This rapid grower is great in containers, where it will quickly grow to a height of about 4 to 5 feet. (In the ground, it can reach 10 feet.) TYPE: GENETICS: AA HEIGHT: 6-8' , 8-10' DISEASE: HIGHLIGHTS: Very sweet fruit __________________ Varieties I'm Growing From Corm/Pup Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart Plantains Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn From TC Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

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