Re: banana plant in south africa - need identifying please
Looks like Orinoco to me (Powder, closed petioles), but as was mentioned earlier, flowering will help with identification. Hope its dwarf if you're keeping it indoors lol, my tall Orinoco grew from 5 feet to 18 feet/5.5 meters this year in ground from May 1st to October 15 (Leaves included). They are currently sleeping bare root under my house, and are still nice and green after about 4 months. If its tall, consider chopping off the leaves, digging, and storing it bareroot each year in a frost free area, attached building, crawl space under house, etc. if available. Although, if its not Orinoco you might have issues storing this way, not all musa will store bare root (Orinoco, and Namwah store well, and possibly Rajapuri). Also be careful lifting with the back if you choose to dig and store lol, mine had around 100 pound stems, and are very awkward. Orinoco is pretty cold hardy, way more so than DC, mine even take a bit of frost before I dig them, stems would probably survive at 37F, wrapping them is also an option. Take a backup pup and keep it indoors over winter if you try it.
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Last edited by siege2050 : 01-27-2015 at 07:36 AM.
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