Dwarf Lady finger
 

http://www.logees.com/prodinfo.asp?number=R1973-4

Does anyone have any expereince with this variety?

Keith

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Hi Keith,

There was thread some time back that discussed this plant. Here's the link

http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?p=3682#post3682

Mine are still doing well, no blooms so far but they look like it might not be too long.

Richard

Re: Dwarf Lady finger
 

Thanks Richard, I think I will give them a try - I just can't figure out exactly what variety this is.

Keith

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I just couldn't help myself.....I ordered me one too !!! :banana_az

Happy Banana Raising,

Frank

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I'm not sure what variety it is either. It does have a fair bit of black on the pseudostem but other than that there are no distinguishing features. I'll let you know if I can ID it after it fruits.

Richard

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My two are doing great, growing fast.
Surely there'll be a ton of feedback on these within the next year or so.

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Just ordered me one!! Do they ship decent plants??

Thanks,

Frank

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They sure did!
They were sold out right after they became available, thats cool you were able to order one. If I didn't get two the first go, I'd be getting another.

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My two are showing the black on the pseudostem as well.
One of mine just unfurled a leaf that has a small bit of red splotching.

:shareluvnana:

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Red blotches:

Aerial shot:

Black:

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That's a cool looking plant!

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Anyone have pics if these plants as they received them from Logees?

Keith

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Found this photo lying around. Here they are, shortly after they arrived. I think I had just potted them up here.

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Well now one of my two Dwarf Ladyfinger is growing on a single plane, like a travellers palm.

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I am almost certain it's regular "Dwarf Brazilian" (Prata Ana/ Santa Catarita Prata). Sometimes brazilian bananas are referred to as "ladies fingers", along with plenty of other cultivars. If there is a little pink underneath where the black stuff is, then I am sure it's dwarf brazilian. I am also looking at the bell of the inflorescence on the vendours photo. Looks very brazilian to me.

All the names given to various banana-cultivars is making me rip my hair out, but at the same time it's exciting when you get the puzzle together, almost like solving a mystery with scooby-doo & friends.

For example, I am trying to find out what the heck "Walha" is. The clues so far: Indian variety, associated with Rajapuri on one of Gabes' fact-sheets, and said to be in the "Pome" subgroup on Inibaps pages. Scooby-dooby-doo, where are you...

Erlend

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Hey Jarred, how's the travelers palm looking (logee's ladyfinger) , is it still growing on a single plane? I got mine a couple months after you did, here's the latest pic.

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Still is.
Same thing, 1 is normal and the other is single plane.

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There hasn't been much feedback on this. Is it fruiting yet for anybody? Or will it be another year? Does anyone have a pup they'd like to sell?

Harvey

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It's cool how this thread popped up again recently, because mine just started to fruit about a week ago! I purchased this from Logee's in November 2006 and figured I'd see if it would fruit in a pot as advertised. Height is 3 feet;

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Brian, you have an updated photo to share? How big do you expect these fruits to get? As we discussed by PM a while back, I ordered when temporarily out of stock but they processed my order last week.

Harvey