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Originally Posted by WildernessGreen
I have been in contact with the fellow forum member I got the original plant from 2 years ago - who has both A'ea'e and Florida - and was told it was for sure an actual A'ea'e
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In my experience there's about a 50% chance of receiving a correctly identified bananas when dealing with a fellow forum member.
I received a FHIA-01 and SH-3640 from a longtime and reputable forum member which many had considered an expert, so I was fairly certain I was getting properly identified bananas.
After growing both bananas I was able to confirm the SH-3640 was accurate but the FHIA-01 was actually a FHIA-02. I contacted the fellow forum member I got the original plants from and was told it was for sure an actual FHIA-01. They had got it from the reputable Florida company 'Going Bananas'. So I went to 'Going Bananas' website and sure enough their photo for their FHIA-01 was a photo of an actual FHIA-02. After I posted about their error 'Going Bananas' removed the photo from their website.
Here's a cautionary tale that actually happened and is documented in a thread on this forum.
A fellow forum member started a thread about their SH-3640.
I posted in the thread that their identification was incorrect.
In their reply they stated that I was the person that confirmed the authenticity of the banana for the seller they got it from as proof it's a real SH-3640.
Knowing that their SH-3640 was actually a FHIA-02, I went to their FHIA-02 photos in their gallery and wasn't surprised to see photos of SH-3640.
I don't know, and it's really not important if the seller wrote the wrong names when shipping or the recipient made the error. The reality going forward is when this member sells their SH-3640 and FHIA-02 bananas to other members the identification error gets compounded.