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Tog Tan · 03-27-2009, 12:59 PM

Kluay Hom Thong aka Thai Gros Michel sport

Just for comparison to Gabe's pix which is the real deal GM.

This is how they are packaged and sold in the Supermart in Thailand.

This is a pix of the fruits out of the bag. Four fruits cost approx 60 cents. I find the taste similar to the M'sian Pisang Berangan except that it is not as flavorful.

Caloosamusa · 03-27-2009, 01:39 PM

I know they taste better than many bananas, but knowing the problems with growing "Big Mikes" takes away from the excitement. I do appreciate the pictures, they bring back childhood memories.

Thank you Banana Commander and Tog Tan!

john_ny · 03-27-2009, 02:47 PM

A picture of Gros Michel, in Saint Lucia, from the late 1970s.

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Gabe15 · 03-27-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Caloosamusa

I know they taste better than many bananas, but knowing the problems with growing "Big Mikes" takes away from the excitement. I do appreciate the pictures, they bring back childhood memories.

Thank you Banana Commander and Tog Tan!

There is only a problem in growing them if you have panama disease in your area, in which case there are many bananas that are just as hard to grow. If you don't have panama disease in your soil, then you can grow it just like any other variety. The plant is not extinct or rare as some would have you believe, it is just not grown as the #1 export banana anymore.

bigdog · 03-27-2009, 05:35 PM

Gabe, thanks for the interesting photos! Real eye-catchers, despite how good or bad they taste, and would be worth growing just for curiosity's sake and for conservation efforts. Is anybody doing work with conservation of Fe'i?

Tog Tan · 03-29-2009, 10:57 AM

I dropped by my fav 'naner stall in a kampong (village) on my way to the nursery today. This is the store area where they keep all the unripe 'naners. I know the owners so well that I just go to the back and cut whatever I want and then have them weighed up front. I go to this place every week on the way to the nursery and they have as many as 15 different heirloom 'naner cultivars which are not found elsewhere. Darn cheap too.

I am holding 2 bunches of the Pisang Lang, a plantain. This is the commercial version of the famed Pisang Tanduk which produces about 12 - 15 fruits. The Pisang Tanduk only produce 3-5 huge fruits.

Key words in Malay
Pisang = Banana
Lang = Eagle, shape of comb with fruits like the eagle's talons.
Tanduk = Horns as in the Buffalo's huge horns.

Caloosamusa · 03-29-2009, 12:21 PM

Good afternoon everyone, Gabe, the Fe'i seeds from the pictures the other day, are they soaking or planted yet?

"Gabe, thanks for the interesting photos! Real eye-catchers, despite how good or bad they taste, and would be worth growing just for curiosity's sake and for conservation efforts. Is anybody doing work with conservation of Fe'i?" by Bigdog 3-27-09.

We are interested in their progress, and yours!

Best wishes!!

island cassie · 03-29-2009, 12:22 PM

Tog - fascinating variety in that picture!

Gabe15 · 03-29-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdog

Gabe, thanks for the interesting photos! Real eye-catchers, despite how good or bad they taste, and would be worth growing just for curiosity's sake and for conservation efforts. Is anybody doing work with conservation of Fe'i?

There are some programs and initiatives to conserve Fe'i bananas and then reintroduce them and promote them in areas (mostly in the Pacific for as far as I know) with vitamin A deficiency since they provide so many nutrients. There is also a program here in HI I am getting involved with in getting Fe'i and Hawaiian traditional bananas to the ITC in Belgium.

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Originally Posted by Caloosamusa

Good afternoon everyone, Gabe, the Fe'i seeds from the pictures the other day, are they soaking or planted yet?

I only have a very small number of them, and of the ones that came from the cooked fruit all were nonviable (no embryos or endosperm). I don't know if I will try planting them or try embryo rescue. I don't think any of them have embryos, and I want to hold onto a few intact seeds for reference anyways.

alpha010 · 03-30-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tog Tan

I dropped by my fav 'naner stall in a kampong (village) on my way to the nursery today. This is the store area where they keep all the unripe 'naners. I know the owners so well that I just go to the back and cut whatever I want and then have them weighed up front. I go to this place every week on the way to the nursery and they have as many as 15 different heirloom 'naner cultivars which are not found elsewhere. Darn cheap too.

I am holding 2 bunches of the Pisang Lang, a plantain. This is the commercial version of the famed Pisang Tanduk which produces about 12 - 15 fruits. The Pisang Tanduk only produce 3-5 huge fruits.

Key words in Malay
Pisang = Banana
Lang = Eagle, shape of comb with fruits like the eagle's talons.
Tanduk = Horns as in the Buffalo's huge horns.

*wink,wink* any way to get some of those native cultivars here in the U.S.???? I may be able to get underground contacts.......lol!

Shaggy

harveyc · 04-03-2009, 12:22 PM

Hey, Gabe, Ken Love tells me you and other students visited him last week. Hope you saw some interesting things.

Anyways, he made this comment about the photo of the fe'i bananas, etc.:

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the fei and others shown from the Hilo market are from a farm that used to be owned by a couple called “The Swedes” they retired a few years ago. He collected a number of bananas and actively sold them at the market— even advertised on the radio.

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