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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce
Does anyone know why Florida is covered in Orinoco? Who were the people that brought them here? Was this a Florida crop at one point?
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Orinoco is from Venezuela, so I would assume they came with cross-Caribbean trade and migration, and since they are well suited to floridas climate they stick around a lot longer and with less care than more finicky bananas that peter out quickly if forgotten. I would guess that lends them to becoming those "bananas, I don't know what kind, that were here when we moved in...they always come back, and you're welcome to dig some up if you want some at your house." It's definitely how South Georgia (where I'm from) ended up covered in red hummingbird cannas and white crinum lilies.