Musa sp. Seminole
 

Well I have not heard of this one. I think its a marketing technique you can chime in... Picture are on the link.. I say it looks like an Orinoco, and a over priced one @ that.. but they sure are slick the way they try to word things when they are trying to get your $$$.... :^)

Musa sp. Seminole -At last, an edible relatively cold-tolerant banana. A banana like no other. Named after the Seminole Indians of Florida. Seminole is a new offering from Stokes Tropicals. A sturdy plant growing from 8-12 feet tall with a 10-12’’ diameter trunk base. Produces a huge flower spike up to 7’ long. Has 6-12 hands of giant bananas. Individual bananas average 7-10 inches, are 2-3 inches in diameter, 7-8 inches in circumference, and weigh ½ -1 lb each. Golden yellow (sometimes pinkish) fruit tastes great and can be cooked like a plantain. Flowers and fruits all year. Plants have been tested in Florida and Louisiana. Further test growing presently ongoing in Puerto Rico. Excellent for making maduros (which is sweet cooked plantain). Was originally $250.00.

Only 144 are being offered at the present time. We feel the new banana could have significant potential in the U.S. domestic commercial market (southern California, southern Texas, southern Florida).You can be the first in your area to have this great tasting, big fruited, cold tolerant banana and nematode resistant.

Bananas are a versatile plant in any landscape. Bananas can add a lush, tropical look to any area. Although everyone knows the fruit, few people have experienced growing bananas. Bananas are suitable for all climates given the appropriate care. They have large, exotic tropical leaves and can grow from a few feet tall to nearly 40 feet (12m), depending on the variety. The fruits are delicious, ripe from the plant, or can be shipped great distances; some varieties must be cooked before eaten. Other varieties are strictly ornamental. Banana plants are fast growing, generally putting out one new leaf once a week. Banana plants can either form clumps by suckering or they can remain solitary, like the popular Ensete maurelii. Banana leaves, pseudostem (trunk) and fruiting stem (raceme) grow from the underground rhizome (or pseudo bulb's) top surface and the roots grow from the lower surface of the rhizome. The fleshy stems sheathed with huge broad leaves can grow from 2 to 40 feet in as little as 1 year, depending on variety and growing environment. Each pseudostem produces one flower stalk, which develops fruit, then dies. In addition each parent banana plant during its life cycle, will produce as many as 10 suckers which grow into new plants. New pseudostems then grow from the rhizome. Bananas grow best in a uniformly warm environment and need 9 to 15 months of frost-free conditions to produce a flower stalk. In the subtropics, fruit ripens in 2-3 months. In cooler climates it may take several weeks longer to ripen. Plant growth stops when temperatures drop to 57 degrees F. Stokes Tropicals Banana Blend (6-2-12) is the best fertilizer source for these fascinating tropical giants.

Re: Musa sp. Seminole
 

I recognize that bunch it's very common although I didn't know the name Musa sp. Seminole. The fruit size 3" diameter is BS maybe 1.5" - 2.25".

Thanks Migael :08:

3 new photos and the rest are here #21 (permalink) http://www.bananas.org/f2/share-your...tml#post235559

Re: Musa sp. Seminole
 

Re: Musa sp. Seminole
 

nice pictures