Re: Edible variegated red banana?
There are both edible and wild/seeded/ornamental varieties with this leaf patterning. I find the wild ones are actually more rare in the nursery trade than a common one which is actually edible, but seems to have a hard time making full size fruit, and in many cases, doesn't fruit at all due to being used as a warm weather annual landscape plant, so it is never given the chance to fruit. It's hard to tell at this point which type you have, but as it grows the leaves will either get relatively wide and be more horizontal which is the edible one, or they will be more slender and upright which is likely a seeded/strictly ornamental type.
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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.
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