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Originally Posted by suburbanana
Thanks, PR-Giants.
No, I haven't pollinated the female flowers. That does sound very interesting. Unfortunately, there's very little banana cultivation in northern California, although it's more doable than most think when using the right varieties and patience. I see a plant around here and there, but the likelihood that one of them is flowering and that I am able to get pollen from it is probably pretty small.
So Orinoco is fertile? What varieties are typically able to yield seed?
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You probably meant to ask which Cultivars are typically able to yield seed?
Use the word varieties when including both Wild bananas (aka seeded bananas) and Cultivars (aka seedless bananas - CULTI-vated VAR-ieties). If you're not including both groups it's more easily understood by using Wild or Cultivar as the description.
Pollen is small and members can ship it to each other for the cost of a First Class stamp.
I'm sure when a member with a 'Male Fertile' banana shares pollen with a member that has a 'Female Fertile' banana it's a win win, because they can share in the seeds that are produced.
I group my varieties by 'Female Fertile' and 'Male Fertile'.
The Blue Java 'Ney Mannan' is an extremely female fertile cultivar and the one I recommend members to start with because success is super easy.
Orinoco are female fertile.