Identify a banana variety without having fruit?
 

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I like looking at pictures:) what can it hurt to post some and see what people have to say. From what I understand, for positive ID on most plants, pictures of the flowers and fruit are needed. But if you post what varieties you have planted along with pics, some might be able to be matched up.

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i have not found any spots on the leaves of my thai black
the leaves are darker green than average and thicker/more leathery than average
the leaves often curl under on the edges
most obvious.. the stem is jet black

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Thanks for your response, I was about to give my input

I'm growing Thai Black albeit from Tissue Culture so I'm still not 100% sure if it's the real deal. But mine has no spotting on the leaves.
subsonicdrone just mentioned that the leaves curl on the sides and that's exactly what mine is doing. I thought I had gave it a bit too much fertilizer. Also the leaves are very dark. But I also haven't exposed it to direct sunlight yet.

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The answer to the original question is maybe. If you know what varieties you have but not which is which, it will be easier. Dwarfs and talls should be fairly sortable as the plants grow. Reds should be easy to separate as a group. Rose leaves are fairly distinct as are Colorado Blanco. And so on. Trunk size is another sortable feature. No chance of mistaking a Fhia-18 for a Pisang Ceylon when looking at the trunks, for example.

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AeAe

Apple Manzano

Aiuri Fe’i

Basjoo

Cali Gold

Cardaba

Coccinea “Scarlet”

Double Mahoi

Dwarf Brazilian

Dwarf Cavendish

Gold finger

Gran Nain

Mekong Giant

Musa Haekkinenii

Ice Cream/ Blue Java

Lateria Bronze

Mona Lisa

Mysore (Pisang Ceylon)

Namwa

Orinoco

Ornata Lavender

Patupi

Pink banana

Pitu

Raja Puri

Red Iholena

Red Banana

Saba

Siam Ruby

Musa Sikkimensis/ Bengal Tiger

Sweetheart- FHIA 3

Thai Black

Thai Gold

Tigua

Veinte Cohol

Veluntia

Zebrina/Rojo

1000 Fingers

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So, you're saying you have that list of nearly 40 varieties growing and you didn't label any of them?

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Ditto w/ Gabe... Do you really have all of those!?! :eek::eek::eek:
I thought I had a nice collection :ha:

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Ooof.....that's a project....now I understand why you are hesitant to take and post pics of them all....might take awhile.... ;)

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Well I’ve got a couple plants to identify. It’s a start! :ha:

I think this a possible Basjoo.

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This is an unknown variety...

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Plant in the firs post looks like basjoo, I agree

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Is this an Orinoco?

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