Pisang Klotek

momoese · 08-19-2005, 04:53 PM

Has anyone heard of this one? I went to look at some Ae Ae's today and while there bought a few new ones. From left to right are Pisang Klotek, Ele Ele, and Super Dwarf 'Novak'. After doing a google search the closest thing I find to Pisang Klotek is Pisang Klutuk. The owner said it was from Sri Lanka and very rare. He also said only the Kings were allowed to eat the fruit. Any thoughts?

tlturbo · 08-19-2005, 04:58 PM

I don't see an Ae Ae in there?????

Going Bananas has a PISANG JARI BUAYA in there list but not the one you mention. Dessert variety, 8-10 ft long leaves, thin pseudostem, slender fruit and long with slightly sub acid sweet fruit - rare and unique.

Terry

momoese · 08-19-2005, 05:06 PM

Ya I know, no Ae Ae's for me today. I did see 3 of them at two different nursuries and they were very large in 15 gallon containers, but not ony were they pricey, I wasn't that excited with the amount of white in them. I'm going to wait for my little feller to come in the mail before dropping 250.00 on one of these big guys. If anyone wants one and lives in so cal you find them at xotix-tropico on fairfax. Leon is really into rare stuff and travels the globe finding it. Super cool place! They really need a web site though.

bananalover · 08-19-2005, 09:23 PM

Nice to get new ones isn't it! Looks like they need some fertilizer and a bit less sun(right now anyway), hard to tell what they look like when they are so droopy like that. Hope you can find out about the pisang, sounds very interesting.
I wouldn't spend $250 on a Ae Ae either. I would love to have one but my obsession with bananas doesn't quite go that far! lol.
Good luck with these!

Gabe15 · 08-19-2005, 10:48 PM

Pisang means banana. There are many hundreds of varieties from Asia that begin with Pisang and the guy who you bought it from just happend to get one from over there, so you will probly not find any info on it.

momoese · 08-19-2005, 11:17 PM

Well I,m going back with my wife to do a little shopping tomorrow so I'll ask him for more details. It's not looking good for this one!

momoese · 08-20-2005, 05:19 PM

Well he told me that is the correct name and that it's a loose translation of Banana of the kings. He also said good luck finding any info on it due to the extrememe rarity. He brought them to the US from TC's and suposedly not many in the tray survived. He has a lot of really strange stuff that he personally brought back from expeditions around the world so I guess this is just one of them. It will be cool to see how it grows and what the fruit tastes like! We bought lots of cool stuff and I even managed to talk my wife into buying one more Banana, a Sikkimensis Red Tiger.

tropicalkid · 08-21-2005, 05:08 PM

momoese:
My best advice would be to transplant it to a bigger pot or to the ground, as it looks small to the plant at the moment, and besides you will make the plant less stressed than leaving it there for a couple weeks, and then transplanting it.Remember that every time it is submitted to stress, it will stop growing.Just my opinion.
tropicalkid

momoese · 08-22-2005, 02:08 AM

Your right, it was looking pretty sad in that little plastic container so I planted it yesterday and it looks just fine so far!

After our big buying spree on Saturday I will still be planting stuff tomorrow but not until I pick up a load of free compost from the city!!

tropicalkid · 08-22-2005, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by momoese

Your right, it was looking pretty sad in that little plastic container so I planted it yesterday and it looks just fine so far!

After our big buying spree on Saturday I will still be planting stuff tomorrow but not until I pick up a load of free compost from the city!!

Please keep updates as to how fast/slow the plant grows.Never heard of this variety before.

tropicalkid

D_&_T · 12-08-2007, 07:29 PM

couldnt see the picture, and wondering how it is growing

momoese · 12-08-2007, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by D_&_T

couldnt see the picture, and wondering how it is growing

It's doing great! This is the same plant that is being given away in the latest contest thread.

D_&_T · 12-08-2007, 11:05 PM

Mitchel, thank you

08-19-2005, 04:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
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tlturbo WUTSA V8 tlturbo's Photo Gallery Location: Lake Worth, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Terry Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 349 BananaBucks : 4,645 Feedback: 3 / 100% Thanks: 1 Thanked 41 Times in 26 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Pisang Klotek I don't see an Ae Ae in there????? Going Bananas has a PISANG JARI BUAYA in there list but not the one you mention. Dessert variety, 8-10 ft long leaves, thin pseudostem, slender fruit and long with slightly sub acid sweet fruit - rare and unique. Terry

08-19-2005, 05:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
momoese Organic Mechanic momoese's Photo Gallery Location: West Los Angeles CA Find me on the map! Zone: zone 10 Name: Mitchel Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,983 BananaBucks : 30,258 Feedback: 9 / 100% Thanks: 36 Thanked 381 Times in 208 Posts Welcomes: 91	Re: Pisang Klotek Ya I know, no Ae Ae's for me today. I did see 3 of them at two different nursuries and they were very large in 15 gallon containers, but not ony were they pricey, I wasn't that excited with the amount of white in them. I'm going to wait for my little feller to come in the mail before dropping 250.00 on one of these big guys. If anyone wants one and lives in so cal you find them at xotix-tropico on fairfax. Leon is really into rare stuff and travels the globe finding it. Super cool place! They really need a web site though. __________________ Mitchel

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bananalover Senior Member bananalover's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 186 BananaBucks : 2,018 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Pisang Klotek Nice to get new ones isn't it! Looks like they need some fertilizer and a bit less sun(right now anyway), hard to tell what they look like when they are so droopy like that. Hope you can find out about the pisang, sounds very interesting. I wouldn't spend $250 on a Ae Ae either. I would love to have one but my obsession with bananas doesn't quite go that far! lol. Good luck with these!

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momoese Organic Mechanic momoese's Photo Gallery Location: West Los Angeles CA Find me on the map! Zone: zone 10 Name: Mitchel Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,983 BananaBucks : 30,258 Feedback: 9 / 100% Thanks: 36 Thanked 381 Times in 208 Posts Welcomes: 91	Re: Pisang Klotek Well I,m going back with my wife to do a little shopping tomorrow so I'll ask him for more details. It's not looking good for this one! __________________ Mitchel

08-20-2005, 05:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
momoese Organic Mechanic momoese's Photo Gallery Location: West Los Angeles CA Find me on the map! Zone: zone 10 Name: Mitchel Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,983 BananaBucks : 30,258 Feedback: 9 / 100% Thanks: 36 Thanked 381 Times in 208 Posts Welcomes: 91	Re: Pisang Klotek Well he told me that is the correct name and that it's a loose translation of Banana of the kings. He also said good luck finding any info on it due to the extrememe rarity. He brought them to the US from TC's and suposedly not many in the tray survived. He has a lot of really strange stuff that he personally brought back from expeditions around the world so I guess this is just one of them. It will be cool to see how it grows and what the fruit tastes like! We bought lots of cool stuff and I even managed to talk my wife into buying one more Banana, a Sikkimensis Red Tiger. __________________ Mitchel

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tropicalkid Senior Member tropicalkid's Photo Gallery Location: Durham, North Carolina Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 233 BananaBucks : 5,012 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Pisang Klotek momoese: My best advice would be to transplant it to a bigger pot or to the ground, as it looks small to the plant at the moment, and besides you will make the plant less stressed than leaving it there for a couple weeks, and then transplanting it.Remember that every time it is submitted to stress, it will stop growing.Just my opinion. tropicalkid Last edited by tropicalkid : 08-22-2005 at 03:06 PM.

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momoese Organic Mechanic momoese's Photo Gallery Location: West Los Angeles CA Find me on the map! Zone: zone 10 Name: Mitchel Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,983 BananaBucks : 30,258 Feedback: 9 / 100% Thanks: 36 Thanked 381 Times in 208 Posts Welcomes: 91	Re: Pisang Klotek Your right, it was looking pretty sad in that little plastic container so I planted it yesterday and it looks just fine so far! After our big buying spree on Saturday I will still be planting stuff tomorrow but not until I pick up a load of free compost from the city!! __________________ Mitchel

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