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Gabe15 · 06-23-2009, 04:41 PM

Blood Banana is Musa acuminata subsp. zebrina, but your plants does not look like that. Often times the plants are mislabeled at Lowes and Home Depot type stores anyways. The fact that its variegated does not help at all in its ID, its just a sport for tissue culture. It is also very young, which always makes it hard/impossible to ID just by looking at it, you will have to just wait until it flowers one day to know for sure what it is.

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Gabe15 Moderator Gabe15's Photo Gallery Location: Oahu, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 12 Name: Gabe Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,892 BananaBucks : 13,504,497 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 2 Times Was Thanked 8,246 Times in 2,201 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 8 Times	Re: Variegated Banana Id ! Please Help Us! Blood Banana is Musa acuminata subsp. zebrina, but your plants does not look like that. Often times the plants are mislabeled at Lowes and Home Depot type stores anyways. The fact that its variegated does not help at all in its ID, its just a sport for tissue culture. It is also very young, which always makes it hard/impossible to ID just by looking at it, you will have to just wait until it flowers one day to know for sure what it is. __________________ Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.