asacomm

Hello banana identifiers,

The followings are the recent pix of my own:




And my special features are:
1. Bloom's height is about2.5m/8.25ft.
2.When young, the leaves are rather oval. But this gradually become long
and narrow.
3. The center rib of the surface and the back of leaves are slightly reddish,
which are guradually faded away upon growth.
4. I am fairly cold hardy and can survive in zone 9 without any winter pro-
tections.
5. Of course I am an edible banana.

Can anybody tell me who I am, please?

chong

Looks like a Dwarf Brazilian to me. Or, even a regular Brazilian. Typical of the red tinged perimeter and mid-rib. If it's cold hardy and edible . . . . gotta be!

NANAMAN

Looks alot like my D. Namwah did when it was young!

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chong

D. Namwah is not as cold hardy as the D. Brazilian. Joe Real's D. Brazilian stayed green throughout the arctic blast last winter season. I am a beneficiary of one of the pups from his garden, even.

MediaHound

Please post some closeups of the flowers it produces the next time it does.

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modenacart

dwarf orninoco?

asacomm

Thanks for your comments.

I am growing by myself both D. Brazilian and D. Orinoco, both of which are
appearently different from the banana in question.
Yes, D. Namwah could not have overwintered even in zone 9 without any
winter protections.
So it is neither D. Brazilian, D. Orinoco, nor D. Namwah, and must be some
other species.

Unfortunately there is no pix of its mother's bloom, so I will take it some time
later when it bloomed.

Stan

mrbungalow

Could it be "Chini Champa" from the hills of India?

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asacomm

Erlend,
Thanks for your comment.
Yes, certainly the banana is very similar to Chini Champa.　But what is
basically different is that the matured banana trees are not deep brown
red, but are normal color like other bananas.

While Chini Champa's new shoots show distict red coloration, but this banana
shows very shallow reddish coloration which can be neglected.

So it could not be Chini Champa, and should be other species.

Stan

xyzzy

Chini Champa grown in the UK's rather grotting climate.

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mrbungalow

Stan: I am tempted to say that it could be a banana from the "Pome" group, mostly because of the red colouring, but since many other species have the same colouring - as well as environmental factors influencing the look of the plant it's difficult to say.

Xyzzi, your photo of chini-champa illustrates this hypothesis I have: Plants such as Chini Champa, Ele Ele, and Ae Ae need acidic soil to bring out their colour. In England/UK the soil is alkalinec (= no dark brown colour). If this chini-champa was planted in Norway where the soil is more on the acid side, the colouring may have been different.

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xyzzy

Except that my Chini Champa is growing in 100% miracle grow compost, which I presume is acidic. Perhaps it is too much peat, but if I put soil in (heavier than peat) I am unable to move the pot around (too heavy) if I want to re-arrange my rather limited garden space to fit something in.

The centre ribs of the leaves are red, but there is no other red.

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MediaHound

ps my first inclination was Ice Cream but it's really hard to tell

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modenacart

This does not look like a dwarf to me. I am going to say orinoco. It looks alot like the one I have.

STEELVIPER

Looks to me like either a Ice cream or a D. Namwah.

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