Growing at a local Body Shop

Paulzie32 · 07-26-2016, 03:39 PM

Did I get a pic that should help ID this plant? They're short... about 4 feet or so.

Kat2 · 07-26-2016, 04:33 PM

I'm going to guess that it's a very starved/neglected Orinoco for 2 reasons: 1. they're very prevalent in FL and 2. they seem to fruit regardless of care but results (how many, how plump, how long, etc) are obvious. That said I have a little mystery musa that supposedly is from the homeland of someone whose first language is not English (Spanish I thought) which only gets about waist high before blooming. Cool if yours is that because then I might know what mine is.

Paulzie32 · 07-26-2016, 05:12 PM

No, definitely not an Orinoco. This body shop has them planted all around in pots. They take care of them. I believe they have 3 different types. One, I'm told the owner said he bought as a Rajapuri. But the others, he's unsure of. I thought it may have been a Dwarf Cav or Manzano or something like that.

Tytaylor77 · 07-26-2016, 05:25 PM

Very hard to tell from the pictures. Looks a lot like Orinoco to me. It's not Manzano or cavendish for sure.

Kat2 · 07-26-2016, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulzie32

No, definitely not an Orinoco. This body shop has them planted all around in pots. They take care of them. I believe they have 3 different types. One, I'm told the owner said he bought as a Rajapuri. But the others, he's unsure of. I thought it may have been a Dwarf Cav or Manzano or something like that.

Well, cool! They may have a sister to my pup that hasn't yet bloomed but is supposed to do so at an unbelievably short stature.

I purchased mine by the side of the road. I asked if the banana tasted good; I asked if you cook them. The seller apparently didn't understand my questions; he just kept pointing at his waist and saying "bananas here". Perhaps he was saying it produced 3' fingers? Nah. Why he made that point I don't know but he was adamant about it and apparently considered it a special trait. BTW, I keep kicking myself for not buying some hot peppers native to his country; they would have given me greater insight as to variety of musa I suspect.

Gabe15 · 07-26-2016, 11:20 PM

It's a rather sad 'Dwarf Namwah'. The pinkish bud, very waxy fruits, and red coloration on the young fruit pedicels are telling.

Paulzie32 · 07-27-2016, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Kat2

The seller apparently didn't understand my questions; he just kept pointing at his waist and saying "bananas here". Perhaps he was saying it produced 3' fingers? Nah. Why he made that point I don't know but he was adamant about it and apparently considered it a special trait.

Maybe He was Flirting?

No, He was most likely telling you it's eventual height.

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Originally Posted by Kat2

BTW, I keep kicking myself for not buying some hot peppers native to his country; they would have given me greater insight as to variety of musa I suspect.

Sorry... How would it give you insight to the variety? I've never heard this before.

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Originally Posted by Gabe15

It's a rather sad 'Dwarf Namwah'. The pinkish bud, very waxy fruits, and red coloration on the young fruit pedicels are telling.

Awesome! Thank you Gabe. What would make it Not sad :-) Fertilizer? What's it look like it needs? Can you tell?

07-26-2016, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
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07-26-2016, 05:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Paulzie32 Location: Tampa Area - Lutz/Land O'Lakes Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Paul Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 176 BananaBucks : 50,299 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 952 Times Was Thanked 154 Times in 64 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 18 Times	Re: Growing at a local Body Shop No, definitely not an Orinoco. This body shop has them planted all around in pots. They take care of them. I believe they have 3 different types. One, I'm told the owner said he bought as a Rajapuri. But the others, he's unsure of. I thought it may have been a Dwarf Cav or Manzano or something like that. __________________ Have: Mysore, Pisang Klotek, Rajapuri, a Pineapple flavored type (Pisang Raja?), Manzano, Veinte Cohol, Gros Michel, Gran Nain, Double Mahoi, Enano Gigante, Dwarf Cavendish, SDC, TT, SH3640, FHIA-18, a NOT FHIA-18 (?), FHIA 01, Pitogo, Blue Java, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Namwah, Tall Namwah, Orinoco (from 3 locations), Dwarf Orinoco, Cali Gold, Hua Moa, (Red?) Iholena, Dwarf Iholene, Dwarf Puerto Rican, Velutina and growing

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