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Possible Java Blue?
I purchased this banana plant last summer. It started flowering this year. It was labeled as Java Blue 'Icecream'. It is around 6 feet tall. The fruit lacks the bluish green tinge. Will it change color later?
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Re: Possible Java Blue?
My namwa (tall) fruits always have a small bit of purple on the banana fingers when they have just opened. It fades in time. Did your bananas have any coloring on them when the bract first opened?
Q for BBJ: Do Dwarf Namwa's have the purple color on new fingers like tall namwa? |
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Not sure. Never seen a dwarf namwa bloom. They just look like namwa bananas and since it is only six feet tall I thought dwarf namwa. Maybe I am wrong. Take a picture of the whole plant. |
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Tall namwas can fruit at short height if they lack resources so height is not a major indicator for me. I suggest making a link from your post in the banana id to this thread and maybe Gabe will drop in and give us the definitive answer. |
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Blue Java?
Continuing this post in another banana identification thread. Please click the link above. I have posted a new picture of the plant take in 2019. Last edited by trinity1100 : 08-03-2020 at 01:51 PM. |
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