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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
All bananas have many similar traits, but not all bananas are Goldfingers.
Focusing on the many traits that seem to fit, will lead to many different bananas being called a Goldfinger.
Focusing on the traits that don't fit, will help eliminate many bananas that aren't Goldfingers.
If it's not a Goldfinger, then it's something other than a Goldfinger.
Identifying a banana by phenotype is done by simply eliminating what it isn't.
If you have 2 different bananas that are both named Goldfinger, then you can be sure that one is not a Goldfinger, but that does not ensure that one is a Goldfinger.
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Agreed. I'll have to go through the list of phenotype traits for goldfinger. I've done that at a quick glance and it seems to generally fit, but I haven't done it in detail. (Which is what I would need to do to be more certain) I wish I took more detailed photos of the flower to review, I might have to wait until next bud emergence which won't be fore some months.
However I do wonder how much my growing conditions are affecting the phenotype expression. As I understand, the insitu growing conditions influence such things to varying degrees and wonder if this explains some of the differences you and I are seeing with the SH-3640. If this is the case, it may by extension also explain variations in my other varieties with the "text book" descriptions.