Abnshrek

I think Wolfy is in zone 9.. A or B.. who knows?.. :^)

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Maricongo is the correct name for the Maricongo, but that doesn't mean your plant is a Maricongo.

If you plant came from Puerto Rico and was referred to as a Maricongo or a Congo, then you probably have an unknown plantain.

Almost everyone in PR calls every plantain either a Maricongo or a Congo, most farmers don't know the difference between the two, even though one is a False Horn Plantain and the other a French Plantain.

It's difficult to go from a certified Rhino Horn to a 100% Maricongo to an unknown plantain in a few hours, but you are already narrowing down the possibilities.

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wolfyhound

According to the "what zone are you in" I'm in zone 9.

I've lost track... what are mine? LOL. I think I'm gonna call them Swahili.

vitin6039

I think you are correct, in P.R we called a name and we stick to it for ever regardless of evidence to the contrary. The only thing I know is that they are what is call Maricongo in P.R. What's the correct cultivar? nobody knows but they are very similar to the original Maricongo. I know the other variety I brought is unmistakable Musa 'hua moa'. I saw the fruits on that one also and those has a very particular fruit shape, but again I been wrong before.

Update:
Just called the friend who gave me the corms and he toll he got the initial corms a few years ago from Agricultural Experiment Station in Adjuntas as part of a training he attended while in college. So maybe it is a Maricongo, we will see when and if it fruit here in Texas.

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