Originally Posted by robguz24 Nice to see the FHIA-3 doesn't get very tall.

Originally Posted by geosulcata This shows the approx. height of our sweetheart (daughter is 5'4" for height reference). Both have fruited at this height for us. You might notice our pitiful agristarts goldfinger in the back right toppled over (with messy rachis). My husband spoke with Going Bananas about the agristarts goldfinger and they think the issue isn't with the original tissue they received, but something that happened with the culture process. My husband said the FHIA1 they have growing in the field look/taste as described.

Originally Posted by Nicolas Naranja That is one great big flower FHIA-3

Originally Posted by Hammocked Banana What is a dare banana? Looks like a 4' tall namwah type. If this is true, I want one!

Originally Posted by Hammocked Banana What is a dare banana? Looks like a 4' tall namwah type. If this is true, I want one!

"Distinctive cooking banana having in common a French-bunch type
and a tall pseudostem

The most relevant feature of this subdivision of the cooking banana
subgroup is that during their natural hybridization process the A genome
was transferred from the Papuan M. acuminata spp. banksii
rather than from the Asian M. acuminata (Lebot et al., 1993). Clones
under this subdivision produce fruits with organoleptic qualities similar
to those of the genuine cooking bananas. There are two Lacknau
clones in the collection, PI 23472 and PI 23479, that were originally
classified in the AAB or true plantain group (Valmayor et al., 1981), but
were later reclassified as distinctive cooking bananas (Lebot et al.,
1993; 1994). These were introduced from SIATSA, Honduras. Their
pseudostem is green. The comparison between clones demonstrated
that introduction PI 23472 developed a significantly thicker pseudostem,
required substantially more days for fruit filling, and produced
significantly heavier fruits (Table 2). There was no significant difference
between the two clones for the other plant, bunch and individual
fruit traits studied. The information obtained was not enough to maintain
a separate clonal identity. However, PI 23472 and other Lacknau
clones have been reported to possess field resistance to the corm weevil
(Cosmopolites sordidus Germar) (Irizarry et al., 1988). Clone PI 23479
has not been evaluated for this attribute. Until this evaluation is performed,
these clones should be maintained as separate entities."

Originally Posted by PR-Giants A Dare is in the Laknau subgroup, it's about 10' tall and is not a dwarf banana like in the photo. Image for: TARS 18026 "Distinctive cooking banana having in common a French-bunch type and a tall pseudostem The most relevant feature of this subdivision of the cooking banana subgroup is that during their natural hybridization process the A genome was transferred from the Papuan M. acuminata spp. banksii rather than from the Asian M. acuminata (Lebot et al., 1993). Clones under this subdivision produce fruits with organoleptic qualities similar to those of the genuine cooking bananas. There are two Lacknau clones in the collection, PI 23472 and PI 23479, that were originally classified in the AAB or true plantain group (Valmayor et al., 1981), but were later reclassified as distinctive cooking bananas (Lebot et al., 1993; 1994). These were introduced from SIATSA, Honduras. Their pseudostem is green. The comparison between clones demonstrated that introduction PI 23472 developed a significantly thicker pseudostem, required substantially more days for fruit filling, and produced significantly heavier fruits (Table 2). There was no significant difference between the two clones for the other plant, bunch and individual fruit traits studied. The information obtained was not enough to maintain a separate clonal identity. However, PI 23472 and other Lacknau clones have been reported to possess field resistance to the corm weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Germar) (Irizarry et al., 1988). Clone PI 23479 has not been evaluated for this attribute. Until this evaluation is performed, these clones should be maintained as separate entities."

Originally Posted by geosulcata Ours came from GRIN (from the field) in Miami. We also received Poni from GRIN - but the TARS sight shows Poni as something different (not a purple variant of Ele Ele, as I had thought Poni was described other places).

Originally Posted by geosulcata ...however their photos of Poni do not look anything like bananas in the Maoli group.

Originally Posted by geosulcata From the curator at GRIN: "I went and checked. We have three plots labeled “Dare” and all three are fruiting at about 4’. On one end is Cuban Red (which would stick out like sore thumb) and the other end is Datil La Lima. It is hard to judge the size, but the fruit is distinctive."