What varieties of Bananas do you Raise??
 

I know this has probably been done several times before,but everyone keeps updating their varieties, changing their list, plus what they can sneak in the yard ;) !! Here is mine:

Ice Cream (Blue Java)
Dwarf Orinoco
Manzano (Apple)
Rajapuri
Sweetheart (FHIA #3)
Williams Hybrid
Tall Orinoco
Thousand Fingers
Belle
Praying Hands
Goldfinger (FHIA # 1 )
MySore
Dwarf Jamacian Red
Giant Plantain
Misi Luki
California Gold
Hua Moa



Good Luck to everyone,

Frank

Re: What varieties of Bananas do you Raise??
 

I've got a newly growing collection:

DC
SDC
Red Jamaican
Dwarf Red
Brazilian
Dwarf Brazilian
Orinoco
Dwarf Orinoco
Rajapuri
Red Iholene
Kru
Goldfinger (FHIA 1)
Apple (Hawaiian)
Apple (Manzano)
Hua Moa
Mysore
Saba
Ice-cream (Blue Java)
Kofi
Williams Hybrid
Musa Bordelon

...and a couple of unidentifieds that I hope to get to flower and identify.

More to come, fingers crossed...

Be well,
Mike

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All I have that is old enough to have produced fruit are my Orinocos, but it has been a while since I tried to count cultivars, so when I read your post I went out and made a list!

Five month old tissue cultures, from 3" to 2' tall:

Double
Kru
Red Enholene
Dwarf Brazilian
1000 Fingers

Older TCs from A&B Nursery, all doing well, but still in pots:

Tuu Ghia
Praying Hands
Sweetheart
African Rhinohorn
Rose

Pup sized plants, mostly 3'-4', and in the ground:

Raja Puri
Ice Cream
Apple
Misi Luki
Dwarf Red
Dwarf Cavendish
SD Cavendish
Basjoo
Zebrina

And finally, the related plants I'd never have gotten w/out the bad influence of certain people on this list:

Musella lasiacarpa
Ensete maurelii

I guess all are doing well, except that some of the TCs are huge and some still very small. I have moved about 60 into 3 bathtubs, and all seem to be doing better w/ the additional space. I was originally concerned about their drainage, but so far, so good. The drains are open, of course, then I filled the tubs w/ leaves from the yard and topped it off w/ potting soil and Black Cow.

Paul

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Hawaiian Apple
Red Jamaican
Dwarf Brazilian
Ae Ae
Dwarf Variegated Namwa Pearl
Ele Ele
Raja Puri
Praying Hands
Misi Luki
Namwa
Ice Cream
Cardaba
SDC
Pisang Klotek

Re: What varieties of Bananas do you Raise??
 

I have a small collection:

Musa basjoo (planted 2000) :bananas_j
Musa basjoo 'Sapporo' (planted 2001) :bananas_j
Musa basjoo 'Sakhalin' (planted 2002) :bananas_j
Musa sikkimensis
Musa sikkimensis 'Red Tiger'
Musa sp. Antalya (Dwarf Cavendish??)
Musa cheesmani
Musa yunnanensis
Musa nagensium 'Florale Noire'
Musa thomsonii
Musa sp. Helen's Hybrid (probably sikkimensis x Chini Champa, seed from Rarepalmseeds, one hardy fruit banana) :04:
Dhusré
Dwarf Cavendish from Tenerife :04:
Dwarf Orinoco :04:
Musella lasiocarpa

The both sikkimensis have now puped :bebe: , they both are now 6 feet tall and one year old. The three basjoos are outplanted and have survived the past winters outdoors with winterprotection.

My dream is to increase my collection, but no chance in the climate in Germany, so I plan to emigrate.

****, it is now raining strongly, so that I cannot take current photos of my bananas in my yard yet. I hope in the next weekend.

Happy banana growing
Joachim

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Most of mine were planted within the last 18 months.

I have:

Dwarf Namwah
Dwarf Brazilian - fruited once..amazing taste!
California Gold
FHIA 18
Mona Lisa - currently has a bunch
Dwarf Red Jamaican - currently has a bunch
Musa Rose
Praying Hands
Pitogo
Double Mahoi
Orinoco
An unknown variety that I had posted a picture of and an ornamental that I haven't taken a picture of yet to have it identified

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(in order as i think of them off the top of my head)

rose
ae ae
california gold
saba
yunnanensis
velutina
rubinea
acuminata subsp. zebrina
coccinea
lavendar beauty
little prince
sdc
cheesemani
sikkimensis
basjoo
musella lasiocarpa
laterita
ensete ventricosum 'maurelii'
ensete glaucum
ensete superbum
ensete 'thai superbum'
xishuangbannaensis
nagensium
bordelon
violacea
pisang klotek
balbisiana
siamensis
african red
royal purple
dwarf cavendish
balbisiana 'textilis' (thats what i call it)
gran nain x zebrina
campestris var. sarawakensis
borneensis
thomsonii
muluensis
+ about 5-6 unknown's
+ about 5 i probly forgot

Re: What varieties of Bananas do you Raise??
 

This is my first year growing nanners so this is lots of fun for me and VERY addictive. I live in Toronto, Canada (America Jr). I am trying to collect as many species as I can get my hands on. I am currentely growing

basjoo (of coarse)
Williams hybrid
dwarf orinoco
dwarf cavendish
dwarf gran naine
apple
ice cream
ornata
SDC
ensete maurellii
lasiocarpa (slowest grower)

I think I'm done shopping for bananas because I am completely out of space:10: and I have about 30 pups to cut off still. :08:

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African Rhino Horn
Apple (Manzano)
Apple (Hawaiian)
Belle
Borddelon
Brazilian Lady Finger
Burmese Blue
Cardaba
Cocos
Cuban Red
D Johnson
Double
Dwarf Brazilian
Dwarf Cavendish
Dwarf Colorado Blanco
Dwarf Green Red
Dwarf Jamaican Red
Dwarf Nino
Dwarf Orinoco
Dwarf Red
Ebun Musak
Ele Ele
Enano Gigante
FHIA-17
FHIA-18
FHIA-23
French Horn
Giant Plantain
Gluay Namwah
Golden Aromatic
Golden Pillow
Golden Rhino Horn
Goldfinger
Gran Nain
Great Dane
Ha'a
Haa Haa
Hawaiian Pink
High Color Mini
Hua Moa
Ice Cream
"Jane" Black Mystery
Kanderian
Kofi
Kumunamba
Kru
Kady Finger
Lakatan
Large Datil
Lasiocarpa
Malango
Manii
Mauritius
Misi Luki
Mona Lisa FHIA-2
Monkey Fingers
Monthan
Mysore
Nam Wah
Orinocco
Pisang Ceylon
Pitogo
Poovan
Praying hands
Raja Puri
Red
Red Iholena
Rose
Saba
San Jose
Seeded
1780
SH-3640
Small Datil
Sumatra X "Cross"
Super Dwarf Cavendish
Sweetheart FHIA-3
Thousand Fingers
Tomoc
Tuu Ghia
Valery
Wild Iholene
Williams
Zan Moreno

Gabe, Pitango, you make those names up?
 

If my wife ever complains about the 'jungle', I'm showing her your lists!
And,... yunaninsis in a green house? How tall?

Paul

Gabe, Pitango, you make those names up?
 

If my wife ever complains about the 'jungle', I'm showing her your lists!
And,... yunnanensis in a green house? How tall?

Paul

Re: What varieties of Bananas do you Raise??
 

I have 3 Musa yunnanensis self grown from seed from Nature Products. 2 feet tall and one year old ! :bebe: Two of them outplanted in my yard and one in pot in my greenhouse. But the outplanted are too small to overwinter with basjoo winterprotection so that I consider to dig them up in the fall again and pot them in again.

Happy growing bananas
Joachim

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Praying Hand
Belle
Raja Puri
Dwarf Red
Goldfinger
Thousand Fingers
Zan Moreno
Mysore
Dwarf Puerto Rican
Williams Hybrid
Saba
Dwarf Orinoco
Manzano
Sweetheart
Misi Luki:07:

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Here is what I am growing at the moment:

Basjoo
Balbisiana
Velutina
Ornata
Ensete ventricosum
"Helen" (Champa Kala X Sikkimensis)
Sikkimensis
Acuminata
Ravenala Madagascariensis (Count as a banana?)

I will certainly never again attemt to grow:
Super dwarf cavendish
The "Novak" types, with various names such as "Little prince" and "bananarama".

Erlend:bananas_b

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Here's mine:

Orinoco
Raja Puri
Apple
Thousand Fingers
CA Gold
White Iholene
Monkey Fingers
Saba
Dwarf Namwah
Cardaba
Ice Cream
Double Mahoi
Monthan
Super Dwarf Cavandish
Dwarf Red
Sweetheart
Musa paradisiaca (that's what the eBay seller called it)
Zebrina
Kru
4 unknowns

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Here are mine.

Ae-Ae
Hua Moa
Dwarf Jamacian Red
Dwarf Orinoco
Dwarf Cav
Goldfinger
Misi Luki
FHIA 18
Saba
Raja Puri
Gran Nain
Ice Cream
Red Iholene
Double Moai (sp?)
Mysore
Zabrina or whatever you want to call it

Think that's all.

Terry

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1. Musa super dwarf cavendish
2. Ensete superbum
3. Ensete ventricosum "maureli"
4. Musa burmese blue
5. Mystery banana

Carlos

Re: What varieties of Bananas do you Raise??
 

Lets see,I have

basjoo (1 mat)
Saba (1 plant)
Rajapuri (1 plant, plus a new pup)
Little Prince (5 plants)
thomsonii (4 plants)
rubinea (9 stems in one 3 gallon pot)
Musella lasiocarpa (1)
ornata purple flower (1 tiny seeding)
acuminata ssp zebrina (1 plant)
one unknown little one from a Taco Cabana in San Antonio, which the clump was soo chlorotic and tiny, I had to rescue it just to see what it was

Thats all for the moment, until I get a few more from Gabe. LOL

Zac

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Can we talk about what varieties we've killed?
:banana_pi



AeAe
Novak
Ensete ventricosum

Growing Strong:
1,000 Fingers
Apple
Balbisiana
Brazilian
Dwarf Cavendish
Dwarf Orinoco
Dwarf Red
Goldfinger
Gran Nain
High Color Mini
Ice Cream
Kofi
Lady Finger
Little Prince
Musa 'Dwarf Lady Finger'
Musa Ornata 'Royal Purple'
Musa 'Rose'
Musa Velutina
Musella Lasiocarpa
Mysore
Pitogo
Praying Hands
RajaPuri
Red Iholene
Red Jewel
Red Kru
Saba
Tall Orinoco
Truly Tiny
Williams Hybrid
Zebrina

:banana_az
and a few un id'd / mis id'd

Re: What varieties of Bananas do you Raise??
 

Well I have killed xishuangbannaensis, velutina, and an ornata type.

Zac