An Inference of Species of a very cold-hardy Banana
 

Hi Friends,

One of my banana friends gave me an unidentified banana pup, telling me
that this banana was very cold-hardy and could overwinter even without any
protections in our zone 9.

The first pic shows how I protected it for oveerwintering.

The second pic shows how it overwintered and how it is now. It successfully
overwintered and sprouted new leaves. It was so strong that I began to start
infering the species of this banana even knowing it is entirely difficult to do so
before I knew many more factors by which inference f shall first be possible.
The is a story which gave me a hint if this banana could be that species.
More than 50 years ago, an emigrant from Okinawa Islands to Brazil brought
back a banana called "Stanta Catarina Prata" into Okinawa from where the
banana had been intoduced to the southern parts of Japan.
Now I understand Stanta catarina is a cultiver of Musa Brazilian which is cold
hardy, and this is the main reason why I infer this banana could be Santa
Catarina Prata.

Stan
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Re: An Inference of Species of a very cold-hardy Banana
 

Very nice, Stan!
Interesting story, sounds like it could be possible.

Re: An Inference of Species of a very cold-hardy Banana
 

bump:

How is it going with positively identifying your Stanta Catarina Prata?

Re: An Inference of Species of a very cold-hardy Banana
 

Prata Ana, Santa Catarina Prata, Dwarf Brazilian, and Dwarf Hawaiian Apple are all the same thing. This cultivar is recognized as having redish/pinkish petioles when young.

Re: An Inference of Species of a very cold-hardy Banana
 

Cool story, and nice-looking banana.

And WOW! That's one heavy-duty privacy fence!!! Are you trying to keep somebody out, or keep somebody in? LOL!

Re: An Inference of Species of a very cold-hardy Banana
 

Thanks all of you for your valued comments.

Bigdog, yes I had once been keeping a German "bigdog" in there, and this is
the ruin of his playground.