How similar does Saba look compared to Tall Orinoco?

siege2050 · 07-03-2015, 12:46 PM

I have a Saba of TC origin, that at 4 feet is starting to look suspiciously like my Tall Orinoco, I have read somewhere that Saba is a mutation of Orinoco, so I am hoping that is why it looks the same. Anybody out there familiar with the two? I have never seen TC Tall Orinoco for sale, but I am hoping this is not another mix up like Tall Namwah, and Ice Cream, and Tall Orinoco's are being sold as Saba.

venturabananas · 07-03-2015, 12:49 PM

To me, they look very similar until they get much bigger than yours, when Saba becomes a taller, thicker plant. I wouldn't be worried at this point. Saba is not a mutation of Orinoco, but they have similar ABB genomes.

siege2050 · 07-03-2015, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by venturabananas

To me, they look very similar until they get much bigger than yours, when Saba becomes a taller, thicker plant. I wouldn't be worried at this point. Saba is not a mutation of Orinoco, but they have similar ABB genomes.

In the photos I have seen, they do have almost identical coloration and shininess on the Pstem etc., but like you said the Saba has a much thicker trunk when large. Hope mine is the real thing, I have had a couple of plants turn out lately to be something else.

blownz281 · 07-03-2015, 04:42 PM

As Mark said when older you can tell. Saba is thick.

pitangadiego · 07-04-2015, 10:25 PM

Flowering/fruiting will remove any doubt.

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