robguz24

Those tips just don't look like any namwah I've seen.

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dwarf Cavendish?

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epicyardfarm

That is what I thought too. But I also wonder if my banana fruit is not properly filling out due to lack of nutrition? In any case, I will take whatever guess anyone can come up with and I will do further research to confirm~

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robguz24

Like Mark, I'd say Orinoco. That was my first thought too.

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My guess would be Orinoco also. They look like Orinoco and the stiching on the edges of the peel is an Orinoco trait.

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Awesome! I will start calling it Orinoco from now on then, until I am told otherwise. I knew you guys can totally help me since you all have grown so many different varieties! Thank you!!!!

One question though, it is normal for Orinoco to have small hands like this? I am reading up about Orinoco and found it is sometimes called Burro banana, and the Burro banana fruit I have seen in the store are gigantic.

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An updated photo of my banana harvest, one week of ripening indoors. Sweet with slight acidity, very thin skin. I love it!

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venturabananas

Well, I don't know what they are! Thin skin is not Orinoco. But the shape of the fingers looks all wrong for Namwah.

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Oh, damn~ Can it be Apple banana?

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sputinc7

I have read good things about 17, but ones on here don't seem too impressed. Hmm?
I found a site talking about taste testing in Africa somewhere among locals and it scored high. Almost 18 months.. Mid length on time. It would likely take longer here in central Florida.

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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

sputinc7

How about Veinte Cohol? They have a thin skin and tartness... Manzano (Apple banana) plump up and split when they ripen on the vine... Or did you pick them green? They just don't look like Manzano. Or VC for that matter...

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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

epicyardfarm

I did harvest them green this time. Last year, I left them to go yellow on the plant and there was no splitting. It was sold to me as Ice Cream, was mislabeled, honest mistake I think, but I have a tough time getting cultivar identified still.

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I was very impressed with the F-17, certainly not up to the quality of a Cavendish but better than every Gros Michel I've tasted.

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Probably the most impressive bunch I've ever harvested.

70 lb. with the top 3 hands packed with 13 oz. fruit.

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sputinc7

Do you have any pics of the bunch with the flower hanging off the end? Preferably about a foot or so off the end? That helps a lot in identifying a plant...Best case, One pic of the whole plant, one of the bunch and flower with at least a foot of tail hanging above the flower, and a close up of just the flower.

PR... You prefer Cav over GM? I loved the GM... (Not as much as Paggi.. they were awesome flavored, but no good for commerce as they fall off when ripening.)... To me, GM taste like the best Cav ever only they are all like that. Make the best banana bread, too. Namwah... Blech.
Might hafta get me a 17...

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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

Nicolas Naranja

It takes about 3-6 months longer to get fruit than FHIA-1 or Williams. In my opinion the sweet spot for texture and taste is green tipped. Past that and the fruit falls apart in your mouth, although it is very sweet. It is a pretty fruit in that it ripens to a nice yellow without ethylene and the fruit are usually fat. The pulp doesn't oxidize like Williams. I have had trouble with the mat floating on muck soil, but not so much on the sandier soils. I also frequently have trouble with the skin splitting near harvest.

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I've only had FHIA-17 that were overripe (with freckles) and they were terrible at that stage, to my tastebuds, anyway. But that is not a fair taste test.

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I would hate to put my identifying question here, but here are a few photos to show the plant as you suggested.

I think I might post on the other section of the forum to get others to chime in too.

The plant first planted in May of 2014.



Close up of first flower in 2015.



Close of of the bunch from the flower.



Ripen bunch on the plant from the previous photo.



Flower from early 2016.



Same flower a little later.



Photo of the whole clump this year.

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sputinc7

Someone should be able to tell from those pics...

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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

robguz24

First harvest of a plant given to me as Ele Ele. However, it doesn't grow like any other Maoli types. The fruit seems to be in between Popoulu and Maoli types. More starchy at the same stage of ripeness vs. a Maoli. Overall the taste is similar. Who knows what it really is, but the plant is very purple/black.

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