Worm_Farmer

I feel like mine looks just like this, how ever it has never plumped fruit that well. I can confirm it is NOT a Raja Puri. I have Raja and side by side taste test will confirm they are not the same. As well my Raja has had chocking issues where this guy never has.

venturabananas

It's just a Sucrier variety. Go buy some "baby bananas" at the grocery store and they will be exactly the same.

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Abnshrek

Come on now.. Not growing them takes all the fun out of it.. :^)

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bananimal

Does yours have some red on the trunk? This is what I was told to look for.

Abnshrek

I haven't looked.. Mine is still young, I guess we'll see how it develops, probably have 2' of stem before it gains some character.. Last year I was glad I didn't kill it.. So its all good.. Jose has the pup that is almost as big as my plant when I cut it. :^)

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To me, the most distinctive trait of the Sucrier subgroup is the chestnut brown at the petiole bases. I'm sure there are other subgroups with similar coloration, but nothing common in the US.

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This cultivar blooms at 9 months and you've probably been growing it for a couple of seasons.

It would be helpful if you posted a photo of the fruit or the mature plant, it should be around 12 foot tall.

Migael has been growing his for a full season and it's probably in the 7 to 10 foot range by now.

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Dan, which cultivars did you want?

Be sure to leave a lotta space in that corner lot.

The Datil is a 12 foot plant that takes 11 months to produces a small bunch, it's not in my TOP 100.

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bananimal

So what's the fruit taste like?

PR-Giants

To me, the distinctive trait of the Veinte Cohol subgroup is the chestnut brown at the petiole bases. Photos of it are nice and growing it is better, but it was the cause of my AA addiction/collection.

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venturabananas

Right, so some AA varieties have chestnut brown at the petiole bases. None of the AAB varieties do that I know of, and certainly not Dan's "Datil" = Rajapuri.

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Leave them be.As long as they aren't hurting anyone let them think what they want. ?)

Capitum

My entire collection is for the purpose of seeing which varieties can even survive my microclimate- At this point I doubt I'll ever get fruit or full grown plants. We rarely have days up in the 80's (even in the middle of the summer) and usually get several freezes per year. Take a look in my gallery for pics, you won't see anything more than about 2 feet tall... it is a painful addiction, but my hope is to sort out differences based on raised beds (we get a lot of rain, and the ground is wet and cold 6 months of the year), unheated greenhouse, and large pots to see whether I can get any variety to acclimate and survive (thrive?) other than basjoo (which freezes to the ground but comes back each year).

Abnshrek

Its lucky if its 3' now total height, but then again it was pretty weak by the time I got it and surprised its as big as it is now.. Things just grow slower up here. :^)

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ez

Datil La Lima and Raja Puri are two totally different plants, when you compare the two plants side by side you can see the difference and there's the p-stem size (12' Datil La Lima) (6'-7' Raja Puri) to see Raja Puri banana flowers go here What's blooming in your garden? (bananas).

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Abnshrek

Based on the fruiting pic's the Datil looks like its fruiting @ maybe 8' if its lucky.. :^)

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ez

OK, 8'-12' Datil La Lima and 6'-7' Raja Puri

What other agronomic characters looks the same to you in these pictures?

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Abnshrek

It would've been nice if we actually saw some leaves on that sight.. :^)

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bananimal

Go to the ars grin website and pull up TARS 17413 and you find views of pstem leaves fruit etc. You can even order germplasm from them. Good luck getting the right one.