Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-02-2020, 08:02 AM
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Re: Horn Plantain
Have a few friends who grow exotic bananas commercially and was lucky to get a sucker.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
06-02-2020, 06:56 AM
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Horn Plantain
[Banana Gallery - rhino (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=66042&ppuser=4684) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=66042&size=1&filefix=.jpg] (credit [Bananas.org -...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
04-24-2018, 08:08 PM
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Re: Plantain mystery
Banana Gallery - Plantain mystery (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2893)
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-09-2014, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: id help , maybe Monkey Finger ?
Interesting taste , almost like an artificial banana flavour ..
very good cooked .. I have been simmering them in pandan infused coconut cream with palm sugar ..
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-08-2014, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
11-11-2011, 06:43 PM
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Klua Khai Bong
Got given a hand of these the other day , bit of an unusual taste .
Supposed to be a VERY fast grower .
very little info around on this .. did find out it is also called Chuoi bom in Vietnam
I...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-11-2011, 05:12 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-03-2011, 04:23 AM
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Re: Available bananas in Australia?
Yasi was not as harsh on the nanas as Larry was .. I was advised to de-leaf heavily , and this really helped . Could not do all stands , but the ones I did have nice tall stems with good leaves...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-02-2011, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Available bananas in Australia?
best source is backyard bananas here in Tully , though they may have been trashed in recent cyclone. You are supposed to be able buy from DPI Nambour .. and allowed list was a bit longer .. I would...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-26-2010, 03:54 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-16-2010, 07:57 AM
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Orange coloured fruits in the Solomons. F e'i ?
Just going over the last issue of Australian Rare Fruit Review , and noticed a picture showing a table loaded with what must be fat orange bananas . Could be plantains .
I know how to contact the...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-19-2010, 05:27 PM
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Taste testing 15 bananas .
Been hearing about these taste tests [ in newspapers and on TV here in north Queensland , Australia] and wondered exactly where this was being done .
Well , where else but at our local South...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-19-2010, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: id help , maybe Monkey Finger ?
Sorry did not take my camera as it was raining when I left .
Amazing collection of native 'Finger Limes' and so many Pumellos !
Seems the name I was given is listed as a syn. for a plant I am...
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Forum: Banana Identification
07-18-2010, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 19
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Re: id help , maybe Monkey Finger ?
This is Pisang Kering , just did a tour of large farm south of Ingham with Rare Fruits Australia , Cassowary Coast Branch.
Owner is a master grafter with vast plantings of many rare things.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
07-04-2010, 06:32 PM
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Permitted plants for my area in Australia.
Found a list that is much larger than I thought for allowable types . And I would love to know a little about them .
Tried search on the first 2 I did not know with nil results . so here is a cut...
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-25-2010, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 19
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Re: id help , maybe Monkey Finger ?
Gabe, YES this might be it .. the spelling was mine .
And it has been suggested that the almost tastless fruit should be cooked . BUT the fruit is almost half of noted size .
These fruits are only...
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Forum: Banana Identification
04-24-2010, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: id help , maybe Monkey Finger ?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31054&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31054)
Fruits from this strange one . More in my albums
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Forum: Banana Identification
03-01-2010, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 19
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Re: id help , maybe Monkey Finger ?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=28339&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28339)
This picture shows the younger sucker that seems to have all red petioles...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-27-2009, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 30
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Re: Ice Cream
My java Blue bunch snapped of a little early , so did not ripen well . Still got many fruits but not full flavour .. hope next one is better , note to self ,, get bamboo props and tie up stems
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Forum: Species Bananas
08-01-2009, 12:16 AM
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Musa spp. from North Queensland
A MATE JUST DROPPED OFF a bunch that fell over on his large property not far from Tully here in the banana capital of Australia .
Very slim fruits that do not look as if they are ripe .. though...
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Forum: Member Introductions
01-19-2009, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 5
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New member ..
Gidday from the banana growing capital of Australia . I have grown many different types before I shifted to the wet tropics , but having to source disease free stock has slowed down my aquiring types...
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