Rare unknown banana plant

tropicalkid · 09-08-2007, 10:09 AM

Hi:
I was just reading a few days ago about a rare banana variety that keeps the raceme/fruit bunch inside the actual stem of the plant???. I can't find any photos of it or the site where I read about it. It is known as "pregnant banana". Does anyone have heard of this before???? I know that under certain circumstances due to some trauma to the plant this can happen as an isolated event, but not as a natural event for a banana plant.
Does anyone have photos of this plant? Flower? fruit bunch?

Thanks,

Carlos(tropicalkid in NC)

Kylie2x · 09-08-2007, 10:30 AM

I've read about it before ...I believe is is called "HAPAI"
webebananas.com

Taylor · 09-08-2007, 10:51 AM

Yep, its Hapai. Which means Pregnant in Hawaiian. Not trying to be smart, just saying. I cant wait to get mine! But itll be small because itll be a TC. Speaking of...I need to learn more about how to take better care of TCs...

Taylor

Taylor · 09-08-2007, 10:58 AM

This is the fruit and Bunch.

Gabe15 · 09-08-2007, 02:16 PM

Yes, it's full name is 'Mai'a Hapai', I have only seen one here. It is a diploid, and the bunch starts out in the pseudostem and when it gets big enough it will bust out of the side (however some assistance is often given by the grower). NOTE: Except for the last one of the mature bunch, these photos are not mine, I found them somewhere on the internet years ago and I don't remember where.

Kylie2x · 09-08-2007, 02:48 PM

Is that just not AWSOME!!!!

pitangadiego · 09-08-2007, 09:38 PM

When it happened to my Sumatrana X, it was called choking. Maybe it was really a new "pregnant" banana.

tropicalkid · 09-11-2007, 12:23 PM

I wonder if you cross this plant with a double-"mahoi"...twins???

Carlos(tropicalkid in NC)

frog7994 · 11-06-2008, 11:21 AM

that has got to be the stangest Banan I've seen yet

Gabe15 · 11-06-2008, 12:38 PM

Just as a note to everyone, I have this banana growing both in the ground and in TC, so hopefully in the near future I will have some plants to distribute of it.

Chironex · 11-06-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Gabe15

Just as a note to everyone, I have this banana growing both in the ground and in TC, so hopefully in the near future I will have some plants to distribute of it.

Sign me up!

Magilla Gorilla · 11-07-2008, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabe15

Just as a note to everyone, I have this banana growing both in the ground and in TC, so hopefully in the near future I will have some plants to distribute of it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chironex

Sign me up!

Me too! Maybe I can find one while I'm in Hawaii in two weeks.

Gabe15 · 11-07-2008, 01:58 AM

You can see the plants growing at the Amy Greenwell garden, they have a very large stand. They also have lots of other Hawaiian traditional bananas, and as I remember about 4-5 (maybe more) stands of A'ea'e as well.

Magilla Gorilla · 11-07-2008, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabe15

You can see the plants growing at the Amy Greenwell garden, they have a very large stand. They also have lots of other Hawaiian traditional bananas, and as I remember about 4-5 (maybe more) stands of A'ea'e as well.

Mahalo Gabe! I will be in Hawaii in less than two weeks

. We are planning to go to the Amy Greenwell Garden. I will post pictures of all that I see and bring back.

Bob · 11-08-2008, 08:18 AM

Do you think this plant was the inspiration for the final scene of "Alien"?

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