Originally Posted by venturabananas (Post 164040)

Well Mitchel, you've had them, so you know better than I do -- I've only had a few that Jon shared with me. I remember them having a more complex, fruity flavor than the tall and dwarf namwahs I've had. Jon's description is "very creamy banana with a light apple-cider overtone and finish". Which I have to admit, is not very different from how I'd describe namwah. I think you'd have to grow tall Namwah next to the Pisang Awak "Misi Luki" to figure out if there is really any difference between the two. Jon grows "Misi Luki" and dwarf Namwah. He could chime in on whether the flavors are different at all.

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 163886)

This morning my Misi Luki is displaying a flag leaf. :) The p-stem height (base of flag leaf) is 10-ft 8-in, or 3.25 meters. This Misi Luki cultivar is from a tray of Misi Luki TC's I purchased from Agri-Starts.

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 165328)

Here's a second, shorter flag leaf. Perhaps I'll have a bud out by mid-July.

Originally Posted by Nicolas Naranja (Post 165398)

I have 72 of Agristart's "misi luki". I cannot tell the difference between dwarf Namwah and Misi Luki's taste. The main differences I have noticed is that there are generally fewer hands per bunch and fewer fingers per hand. It sort of looks like a shorter version of some plants that I have seen that are labeled as Ice Cream.

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 165412)

The p-stem of my Misi Luki is 4 feet taller than any Ice Cream I've ever seen produce fruit in this region.

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 169071)

Statistics and Pictures for the "AgriStarts Misi Luki" I grew in San Diego, CA.

Fruiting height of pstem: 10.5 feet (3.2 meters)
Number of months from tissue culture plug planted in ground to flower bud: 14.
Number of fingers per hand: 8.
Number of female hands: 10, plus partial hand with 2 female and 6 male.
Number of pups: 3 to 5 per month.

Originally Posted by Gabe15 (Post 169199)

This 'Misi Luki' still appears to be a type of Pisang Awak (Namwah). I have recently seen some full grown field plants from Agri-Starts of it and so can definitely confirm. There seems to be have been some kind of mix-up in the names some time ago (as is always common with plants) as the original 'Misi Luki' of Samoa is a Mysore, not a Pisang Awak.

Originally Posted by Bananaman88 (Post 169237)

So I wonder if the plant I got from Magilla Gorilla a couple of years back labeled as 'Misi Luki' is really 'Mysore' instead. That wouldn't be so bad.

Originally Posted by Gabe15 (Post 169246)

If you think you might have a 'Mysore', they are very easy to ID. They have a red tint to the undersides of the leaves, especially noticeable on newly emerging leaves, and the pseudostems typically have lots of black pigmentation. The Pisang Awak "Misi Luki" will not have the red undersides of the leaves or the extensive black coloration.

Originally Posted by floridagrower (Post 169265)

Gabe,
I have a mature "Misi Luki" from agri-starts. It fits Richard's description. I have noticed a subtle light red on the back of the emerging leaf, but it fades within a day of opening fully. Is this color possible with a 'Namwah' type?

Originally Posted by Bananaman88 (Post 169258)

Yeah, we've discussed that before (I think in this very thread) about the red tinting on the undersides of the leaves. Mine has never shown that at all, so I' ve been prett sure for about a year now that it isn't 'Misi Luki'. I'm just trying to narrow down the possibilities of what it may be. It flowered last year but it was so late that no fruit developed, so we'll see what happens this year.