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hello to all,
I'm seeking to buy some varieties of bananas very good like pisang susu, pisang klotek, senorita, veinte cohol (made all bananas very little not?)

and more an ornamental banana, the siam ruby


some of you know where is possible to buy them ?


thank you

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Hey gaberec,
Going-Bananas in Homestead, FL is a great place to start. They have tons of different varieties. I believe they have siam ruby, veinte cohol and senorita.
Pisang klotek is a little harder to come by, but I know there are several members on here who are growing it. You might be able to get one from them. I've also seen it occasionally at different nurseries, but because Pisang Klotek is the virus free version of Mysore, it's really good to know if the person selling it has the real McCoy. Hope this helps!

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Re: little bananas
 

hello,
I sent to going bananas a mail, because I'm italian but for the 24th of july I can receive an order in New York, and i would make all very fast

this is the answer of them

As you can see we do not list pisang susu, pisang klotek or señorita. At this moment we do not have the veinte cool or siam Ruby available for shipping. I'm sorry.

Katie still GOING BANANAS

but in the list there are both siam ruby both veinte cohol, it's weird


pinsag klotek and mysore are the same varieties?

thanks

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Hey gaberec,

I'm sorry about that. Going-Bananas is more of an old fashioned mail order nursery. They are a great seller, but their website does not show real time inventory. I've read several posts of people trying to order something from them that their website said they had, but Going-Bananas told them they were sold out. It seems that their website does not update, and they have several varieties listed as "N/A" or "Not Available" for several years. The best thing to do is, as you've done, to email them to see if they have your variety in stock. There are other nurseries as well. Although they have had mixed reactions on bananas.org, I have had great experiences with Florida Hill Nursery which does sell Siam Ruby and Viente Cohol. I definitely recommend them. pisang susu, pisang klotek or señorita are admittedly hard to find in the mainland US unfortunately.

I'm not really well versed on this, but my understanding is that pisang klotek, Pisang ceylon and mysore are all very similar and closely related. Mysore is relatively easy to find, but it has problems with a virus called Banana Streak Virus (BSV) that has actually incorporated itself into the plant's genome. The end result is that the plant can spontaneously start experiencing the virus infection, especially if it becomes stressed (heat, drought, disease, cold etc.). The only way to prevent this is to get the Mysore type that doesn't have the virus in it's genome, either the Pisang ceylon or the Pisang klotek. There are a lot of members that have had good luck with Mysore as well, hopefully maybe someone with more experience can weigh in on this. Hope this helps! Good luck with your search!

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Re: little bananas
 

Hi Andy17 thanks for the answer
Florida Hill Nursery beautiful website, with all description for all varieties... I'm sending a mail them

I'm willing varieties that give small size of bananas (like veinte cohol) but super good
pisang ceylon is a good banana? it's like veinte cohol?

I don't want to risk with virus of mysere which is possible to pass to other varieties that stay near

G

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I'm glad I could help! There are so many cool varieties out there with all sorts of different flavors and sizes. There are certainly members on here that have a lot more experience with bananas than I do, but I've heard a lot of great things about Pisang ceylon. It's definitely one to get and a lot of people have it on their wish list. Pisang ceylon is in a different family of bananas (Mysore) than Veinte cohol (Pisang Mas? I know that they are rather different from one another at least). The benefits of Veinte Cohol is that is fast to fruit. In sub-tropical areas with lots of fertilizer and water and sun, Veinte Cohol can fruit in a single growing season. I've heard the fruit isn't the best quality, but for people who don't live in the tropics, getting real fruit where other varieties don't regularly is exciting! For small sized fruits there are a lot of varieties. Nino, Ladyfinger, Sucrier, Manzano, and Red all come to mind right now, but there are many others. The funny thing is, many of the varieties that produce small sized bananas also get tall (3 + meters). So, that is also a consideration. Although there are dwarf versions of many of them, they can be harder to find.

It seems that Banana Streak Virus can only be spread by parasites like the Mealybug and certain aphids. Thankfully, it cannot be spread by mechanical means like pruning shears or scissors or soil. There are some varieties that are more resistant to it than others, but as long as these parasites are not present or they are well spaced, the likelihood of transmission is relatively low.

Here are some websites and resources that might also be helpful:

http://www.bananas.org/f2/mysore-pis...rth-15856.html

This is an online encyclopedia of banana varieties with pictures and info about each variety--it's super helpful. Varieties are alphabetized by the tabs on the top of the page.

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Also, the bananas.org wiki is really helpful:

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http://www.bananas.org/f2/veinte-coh...nths-8386.html

Hope this helps! Best wishes

Re: little bananas
 

If you are going to grow the banana trees in New York probably all will give small size of bananas

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FL is a great place to start.

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