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Originally Posted by chong
Hello Ronald,
Yes, the TX Star is the banana that is promoted by the Ty Ty Nursery in the town of the same name in GA. Yes, they claim that it did come from Wichita Falls, TX. I believe that the CA Gold also came from that part in TX. The stories of the sources of these plants are so similar that you'd suspect that they are the same plant. However, there are some members here that may be upset if you did imply that. So I won't go there. Yes, also, there's been a lot of bad press on TyTy Nursery, but as I stated earlier, I've gotten reasonably good experience with them.
Some people have said that the Texas Star is in fact an Orinoco. I would disagree to the extent that they say that they are one and the same. I believe that it could be a mutation from the Dwarf Orinoco or Dwarf Brazilian, though the Dwarf Brazilian is not as cold hardy as the D. Orinoco. Many people who own CA Gold have said that perhaps it is a mutant of the Orinoco, also.
One thing that I can piece together is that they both appear to be of the Bluggo type of banana from the region of Rio Orinoco in South America. Both promoters of each plant claim that they got them from TX(separately), from a Mexican farmer (separately), who each brought the plant from Mexico.
Yesterday, I posted an update of the plants I ordered from TyTy Nursery last September 2008:
Surprise Texas Star Banana shipment from Ty Ty Nursery |
good luck with any of that stuff folks....im sure there were bright rays of devine lights shining from the tx star when it was first discovered too.... im not to quick to buy from any commercial grower that sells stuff online.. if i cant see what im buying im not buying it.i need to examine it for myself.i may trade something im growing to get something new out of curiousity thats it. it takes too much out out of me to go thru all that stuff with theses guys. im certainaly not buying a new variety that no one can tell me where it came from exactly...would you buy an expensive mystery meat from your grocer??? when i went to missisipi i met a woman who grew bananas. i offered her a few bucks for an unknown ladyfinger type banana that was growing in her yard,because i really liked the height of the plant and appearance of the tiny hand of fruit.she declined to take any money..told me to just take a few suckers.she told me it had great fruit,was really cold tolerent,came back with no protection,and was very sweet. i trusted her..why?? she was not in the business of selling anything,and i felt she had no reason to lie or make any false statement.i would rather trust claims from another home grower when obtaining pups,rather than any possibly exaggerated claims from any commercial seller any day.real talk.
p.s. when that mystery banana grows pups of its own i wont sell it on ebay and call it the artic georgia sweet baby.and claims that when dicovered in its natural artic habitat peguins were usin' the leaves to line their nests.